L.Luthier Le Manga Electro Tenor Ukulele Solid Mango in gigbag #1

We are so impressed with this range of tenor ukuleles from L.Luthier here at the Southern Ukulele Store. All our in-store customers have fallen in love, so we're sure you will too!

I'm scratching my head here trying to remember when I had to describe such a good value for money tenor ukulele. L.Luthier are a Malaysian brand, which manufactures their instruments in China. These are made to an extremely high standard that defies the price.

This is Le Manga, which has the beaming offset soundhold and personal soundhole of the other "Le" L.Luthier models, and is possessed of the same dynamism and brilliance in the sound and performance as the others. But being mango, it has a sound less crisp than the spruce topped models, less mellow than the mahogany - somewhere in the middle, with a luscious, creamy edge. Quite beautiful. Flight Fireball, watch out!

L.Luthier's 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. We 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.

Specification:
Solid mango top
Solid mango back and sides
Mahogany neck
Indian rosewood fretboard
Indian rosewood bridge
Bone nut and saddle
Der Jung DJ326UAB-D6 open back aged look tuners
20 frets, 14 to body
Savarez clear fluorocarbon high G strings
37mm nut width with 28mm G to A string spacing
431mm scale length
Flamed maple binding to body and fretboard
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