My New Lanikai Ukulele

07 July, 2020

As my graduation present to myself, I bought a new ukulele! I'm so excited! It's a Lanikai tenor size ukulele, solid mahogany with maple inlay, walnut bridge and fingerboard, and mother of pearl dots.

The grain of the wood is so beautiful, it just glows, I don't know how to capture this in a photo but if you zoom in you may see more of the depth. The decorative details are lovely; I particularly like the chevron shape at the base of the finger board.

And for those of you who are unfamiliar with ukuleles, a concert size ukulele is significantly larger than the most common soprano sized ukulele and has a deeper, richer sound.

Here is a picture of it with my hand holding it so you can see the size, approximately 66 cm / 26 inches long. (I have no idea why my forearm looks like a deep sea animal, clearly my photography skills need a bit of work.)

I have missed playing the ukulele since I left my little red Makala Dolphin in California with a friend. The ukulele is an instrument which is hard not to be happy when you are playing because the sound is just so bright and cheerful.

Since it looks like I won't be doing much traveling this summer due to COVID-19, I can enjoy the long summer days sitting at home reading Spanish novels and playing music (although the neighbors might not call it that...).

(If anyone has been out of touch, yes, I am still in Spain.)