B-stock L.Luthier Le Rose Tenor Electro Ukulele Solid Spruce/Indian Rosewood in gigbag

We can't think of a better value for money instrument than this L.Luthier le rose electro tenor ukulele. L.Luthier are a Malaysian brand, which manufactures their instruments in China - but quality-wise, think aNueNue Moonbird build quality and finish, for literally half the price!

This tenor ukulele, the le rose, is made of top quality woods. It has a nice tight and straight grained solid spruce top and solid Indian rosewood on the back and sides. The two woods combine to make a very good sound indeed - the spruce gives real depth and presence over the whole frequency range, with a crisp attack and lovely long decay, even up at the dusty end.

This electro ukulele would take a low G string really well, and we would recommend the Fremont squeakless string as being the best bet. But, high G sounds really good as well; strumming sounds just how you would want, with good note definition in chords and pretty harmonics in that nice decay, and picked passages sound lively and well defined, with plenty of volume on offer with very little effort. The intonation is really very good indeed, and will allow playing accurately in any position.

The choice of woods only really goes so far towards the performance of any instrument. It would have been easy for this uke to be overbuilt and quiet, but it is the opposite. The first shipment we had of these contained 3 tenors, which sold in the shop literally as we were unboxing them! All 3 customers were all attracted first to the looks, but then fell in love with the feel, playability and the sound. A lot of credit has to go to the builders and designers at L.Luthier, who have made a brilliant instrument, which has both style and substance.

The pickup system is extremely capable too. With any piezo/mic blend system, you will find that mixing in too much of the mic can lead to distortion, but mix in around 1/3 and it adds a depth and realism to your sound which is just gorgeous.

Highly recommended! Pictures show actual instrument you will receive. This one is reduced by 10% because a string parted whilst it was in transit, and it made a small ding in the top just between the soundhole and bridge (see pic). We had fitted it with a flatwound polished Low G for the customer, but decided to keep this on as it sounded so nice!

Specification:
Solid European spruce top
Solid Indian rosewood back and sides
Mahogany neck
Ebony fretboard
Rosewood bridge
Bone nut and saddle
Der Jung DJ326UAB-D6 open back aged look tuners
20 frets
Savarez 150R clear fluorocarbon high G strings, polished flatwound D'Addario Low G string fitted
37mm nut width with 28mm G to A string spacing
431mm scale length
Flamed maple binding
High gloss finish
Satin finish to neck
Premium L.Luthier gig bag
LU active pickup with condenser mic/piezo blend
Personal soundhole
255mm across bottom bout
74mm body depth