Lanikai SMTU-T Solid Hawaiian Mango Tenor TunaUke Ukulele

The Lanikai Hawaiian Mango Series features a reinforced body made with hand selected Hawaiian Mango. The SMTU-T Solid Hawaiian Mango Tenor TunaUke Ukulele features a Mahogany neck with a 19-fret rosewood fingerboard. Other premium features include abalone binding, rosette, and fretboard inlays. The design details of this piece will ensure you look as good as you sound. Combined with Lanikai’s innovative TunaUke adjustable saddle system, these ukuleles can be perfectly intonated with no tools necessary to within a few cents on every single fret.

TunaUke Technology – A Ukulele Revolution!

The sweet tone of the ukulele has been heard around the world – from the most prestigious stages to the most remote beaches, leaving a smile everywhere it goes! In the midst of all of that joy however, one problem has always remained – ukuleles have terrible intonation! Simple chords on a ukulele sound beautiful , but playing more advanced chords as you move further up the neck can bring about intonation problems. After years of research, Lanikai Ukuleles is proud to present TunaUke! A revolutionary system that improves ukulele intonation by 90% and opens a new world of possibilities for writing, performing, and simply enjoying a more-musical ukulele than ever before!

Two Features Driving Intonation Innovation:

The first is the Compensated Nut! Between the four strings the differences in string width and tension are substantial. By compensating the distance between the first fret and the nut, open chords sound as smooth as silk. The second feature is the Movable Saddle: Traditional straight saddles on a ukulele or any other fretted instrument are detrimental to good intonation. With nylon strings even “compensated saddles” are a complete fallacy. The issue is that nylon strings are by their nature, inconstant. Lanikai has employed their movable saddle technology to allow the player to adjust the amount of compensation for each string. No tools are required and adjusting the intonation is a breeze.

There are many issues that cause poor intonation and TunaUke Technology solves them all. For the first time ever in the history of the instrument you can overcome all the obstacles and have a ukulele that plays open chords in tune all the way up the neck.