Pre-owned. One crack in the neck (pictured). Soft case included.

Music Gear Ukulele Lanikai Makapu'u nsn Solid Koa Body Acoustic Electric Tenor

The Lanikai Makau series Makapu’u-T chambered-body tenor ukulele is a truly unique style of ukulele handmade in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Makapu’u tenor ukulele features a chambered body that translates to stellar unplugged and amplified tone and projection. The Makapu’u-T gets its gorgeous tone and robust volume from a solid mahogany body and solid Hawaiian koa top. In addition, the Makapu’u-T features a rosewood fingerboard finished with a hand-rubbed oil and wax, giving this neck incredible feel and response. When you are ready to plug in, the Makapu’u-T features a handwired single piezo pickup with volume control to deliver great amplified tone. Serious uke players here at Sweetwater love the Makapu’u-T for its top-notch design and impeccable tone.


Body type: Tenor
Cutaway: No
Top wood: Koa
Back & sides: Koa
Body finish: Oil
Orientation: Right-handed
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Number of frets: 20
Neck finish: Oil
Pickup/preamp: Yes
Tuning machines: Open gear
Bridge: Rosewood


 

Overview:

*Includes Bag

While most high end ukuleles need to be kept in a case with a humidifier and babied, this ukulele was designed to stay out of the case, ready to play at all times. KLOS Acoustic ukuleles are durable, with temperature and humidity having no effect on carbon fiber. Our mission is to make ukuleles that are never left behind. Now with a KLOS, you can take your ukulele with you and have the piece of mind that it’s durable and reliableCarbon fiber is significantly more durable than wood, and more resilient to dents, cracking and the elements. While a carbon fiber ukulele is still an instrument that deserves respect and love, at KLOS we believe that it should be treated more like a piece of gear that is never left behind.Achieving the perfect playability is an art, and that’s what makes a ukulele easy to play. The nut, frets,and bridge all have an influence on the string playability, getting them all to work together perfectly is what makes a ukulele feel like home. Here at KLOS we take playability very seriously, that’s why we put a lot of attention into leveling the frets, filing the nuts, and adjusting the saddles. Each ukulele then gets played up and down the neck by our inspectors to confirm it’s worthy to have a KLOS logo and go out the door. How does a carbon fiber ukulele sound, compared to wood? If you do a blind test, most people can’t tell the difference. That being said, comparing carbon fiber to wood, there are a lot more variables that you can more precisely control to achieve a great sound, and that is exactly what we did. We are proud to have our factory located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, which was the original inspiration for combining adventure with ukuleles. We are proud to do the design, assembly, and most of the building in our own factory in Utah, and we buy parts and materials from world renowned factories overseas. A big question we ask ourselves is: which part of the guitar building process requires the most skill, and impacts the player the most? The first half or the second half? Our answer:  the second half. So we outsource some parts and materials (the first half), and keep the second half of the manufacturing process in house, and do it ourselves. This allows us to scale as a company and focus on building quality instruments that are incredible to play.The KLOS Full Carbon Ukulele is the pinnacle of modern technology and materials applied to ukuleles. The one piece design is made from one piece of carbon fiber that offers the ultimate ukulele experience. It’s designed to sound good, feel good, and be reliable, so you can rest assured that you have the strongest ukulele in the world. The fretboard on the neck is a composite synthetic ebony which does not expand or contract with temperature or humidity changes or with time. That means you will never have issues with sharp frets, and your great great grandchildren won’t either. The beautiful ebony-like fretboard is dense, durable and smooth.The headstock is a compact shape, making the overall length of the neck shorter. It makes tuning your strings just as comfortable, yet feel lighter. The tuners are the heaviest part of the neck, so keeping the weight of the tuners down, and having a lightweight carbon neck will make ukulele playing for hours even more enjoyable. The headstock break angle is 11 degrees, making it the optimal angle to have the perfect string force on the nut. This lowers the friction of the string on the nut, which lowers the chances of your strings going out of tune on their own, and makes tuning your strings more precise. When you look at the neck from a front view, you will also see that the strings go in almost a straight line, which also lowers the friction on the nut, which also helps create optimal tuning.

This is a lightly used ukulele and shows little to no signs of wear.

Comes with gig bag.