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| Posted: Sat Oct 6th, 2007 11:05 pm |
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Ukevangilist Approved
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Does anyone know anything about the Lanikai concert Uke? here is a picture: http://www.ukes.com/images/lanikai-lu21c.jpg
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| Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 05:18 pm |
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ghostrdr Approved
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This was my first serious ukulele. It played great! After six weeks, I developed an itch to get a better instrument and splurged on a koa KoAloha. I paid like $90 bucks for it and it was much deeper and fuller than than the $80 soprano I had, which never got played. I bought the Lanikai because I didn't want to spend $500 on an instrument that would never get played, but I wanted to get a decent instrument so I wasn't struglling with it. I also like the concert size. I also prefer the geared tuning on the Lanikai to my friction tuners on the KoAloha. (Oh well). I was picking between this ukulele and an Ohana ukulele was was about $80. The Lanikai had a better sound than the Ohana concert (which also sounded pretty good). I did not bother to change the strings on the Lanikai which probably would have improved the sound even more. I did notice that at times, my fingers would get "caught" on some of the strings when I was strumming, but I bet new strings would change that since strings are so cheap $5-10 for a set. Also, I will say that the action is a little higher on the first fret on the Lanikai than my KoAloha so it was a bit harder to play some of the chords, such as Bb - but overall still a great instrument. Hope that helps, Rich
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| Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 05:39 pm |
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Ukevangilist Approved
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Thanks a lot! I am trying to decide between it, and the Mitchell Concert. Do you happen to anything about them.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 05:51 pm |
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ghostrdr Approved
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sorry. the store I went too, was pushing the Ohanas, but when I asked the owner of the store, she said, let me show you something else for just $10 more (the Lanikai) and to me, it had a better sound. I don't know anything about the Mitchell concert. The problem I found is that knowing I bought an instrument that was laminate wood, I always had a nagging feeling that I wanted one that was full wood. Still, for $90, it's a great instrument with a great sound...
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| Posted: Sun Oct 7th, 2007 10:11 pm |
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catty Approved
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I have, both, the Mitchell concert and a Lanikai tenor. They're both comparable in terms of quality, but different construction materials and design.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 9th, 2007 01:09 am |
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Will Approved 
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Ukevangilist wrote: Does anyone know anything about the Lanikai concert Uke? here is a picture: http://www.ukes.com/images/lanikai-lu21c.jpg That model LU-21c uke has a laminated nato (Asian mahogany) top. Lanikai makes a solid spruce top concert uke that sells for about $99.00. I own one of these, and it sounds and plays very well. http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/LSC.htm 
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