UAS filled once again.

It was a very long 3 days of waiting but my new uke finally arrived yesterday. Its a Kanile'a made Lanikai LK-1C. Its all solid koa and sounds absolutely beautiful. It's a shame they stopped making these. It's basically a K-1 concert without the Kanele'a stamp on the headstock. I am stoked right now and everytime I play it I can't help but grin ear to ear. As soon as I get some nice shots I will post them up. :shaka:

Congrats with the new uke!Can't wait to see and hear some from you.

I gave one to my wife on her birthday so that she would stay away from my ko aloha...... Now I find myself gravitating towards that one........

That was lanikai's best kept secret!!!!!

Playscool39 thank for the nice words. It'll be a while before I make a vid since I'm still a noob

dentuke it was truly Lanikai's best kept secret. Exactly 87 were made in 2007. A shame they put and end to them.


Here are some photos as promised.

It is a beauty ..

That is gorgeous! I got a LK-1s (the soprano version) and it's my favorite uke. Post a video if you can!

where can i get one? (im serious...damn uas)

NatalieS said:

That is gorgeous! I got a LK-1s (the soprano version) and it's my favorite uke. Post a video if you can!

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Hi Natalie if was your review along with Lanarks that got me interested in the LK series. The wood grain they used in the entire LK series is beautiful. I fell in love when I saw yours and Lanarks darker finish. On top of that just the way you and Lanark described the sound did it for me.

I plan on experimenting with different types of bridge pins which I hear can enhance the sound as well. The plastic pins sound good already so I can't wait to upgrade them. Was thinking of either the snakewood you used, koa, ivory, or bone. I'll post a video once I become more comfortable with my playing abilities. I'm am still very new to all of this. I did a blind test with my wife and she agrees this sounds way better than my all solid mahogany. She described it as more full and lush. I agreed with her 100%


Brad i sent sent you a PM.