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title: "Lanikai LU-21C Concert Ukulele"
brand: "lanikai"
price: "¥5335"
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# Nato Wood Concert Size Die-Cast Tuners Lanikai LU-21C Concert Ukulele

**Brand:** lanikai
**Price:** ¥5335
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎸 Strum, Smile, Repeat!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Lanikai LU-21C Concert Ukulele by lanikai
- **How much does it cost?** ¥5335 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/70298908-lanikai-lu-21c-concert-ukulele)

## Best For

- lanikai enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted lanikai brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built to Last:** With a limited lifetime warranty, this ukulele is your musical companion for years to come.
- • **Tuning Made Easy:** Stay in tune effortlessly with precision chrome die-cast tuning machines.
- • **Crafted for Comfort:** Enjoy easy playability with a smooth rosewood fretboard and 18 frets.
- • **Strum Your Way to Stardom:** Experience the rich sound of the Lanikai LU-21C, designed for aspiring musicians.
- • **Join the Ukulele Revolution:** Perfect for both beginners and seasoned players, this concert ukulele is a must-have!

## Overview

The Lanikai LU-21C Concert Ukulele is a top-selling instrument featuring a nato wood body, a smooth rosewood fretboard with 18 frets, and reliable chrome die-cast tuning machines. It comes with a limited lifetime warranty, ensuring quality and durability for musicians of all levels.

## Description

The LU series is Lanikai's most popular and most affordable. They are a perfect first stop for acoustic multi-instrumentalist looking to expand their tonal palette or the first time player just beginning their lifelong love of music. The LU-21C is a concert uke featuring nato wood construction with a white binding, chrome die-cast tuners, and a rosewood fretbaord. A perfect first stop for acoustic multi-instrumentalist looking to expand their tonal palette or the first time player just beginning their lifelong love of music.LU-21C Ukulele FeaturesModel: LU-21C Size: Concert Scale Length: 15 inches Width at Nut: 1.375 inches Top: Nato Back/Sides: Nato Fretboard: Rosewood Frets: 18 Machines: Chrome die-cast Binding: White Concert Ukeleles There are four common types of ukes out there: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone. The soprano was the original, followed up quickly with the concert size uke. The 15-inch scale length and slightly larger body size deliver a deeper tone and a bit more volume, while maintaining the sweetness and instantly recognizable ukulele sound. The Lanikai LU Series Lanikai's most popular and affordable models, the LU series features classic designs and beautiful wood, with plenty of attention to detail. All LU series ukuleles include an instruction booklet to guide you with these easy to learn instruments. Nato Top, Back, and Sides Nato, often referred to as "Eastern Mahogany," delivers wonderful playablility and tone without an accompanying high price tag. Used with Ukeleles, it provides a nice, pronounced mid-range with a mellow high-end. White Binding The body of the LU-21C features white binding, for a nice contrast/framing of the red-tinted finish, and an all-around beautiful instrument. Rosewood Fretboard Just as with guitars, rosewood makes an ideal fretboard tone wood for ukes. Die-Cast Tuners Lanikai's die-cast tuning machines provide solid tuning, so strum away confidently. About Lanikai The Lanikai brand celebrates a place where heaven meets the ocean and east meets west. Our products promote the joy of music making on instruments that have been created from a confluence of cultures, time and place. Lanikai is dedicated to all levels of musicians, from players just starting out to multi-instrumental stage performers to legends in pop music, allowing them all to uniquely express themselves though our instruments. We seek to create instruments that balance the traditional with the innovative, the beginners with the experts, the ornate with the simple, all while constantly striving to achieve our fundamental goal.

## Features

- Lanikai's best-selling concert size ukelele
- Nato top, back, and sides with white binding
- 18-fret rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
- Chrome die-cast tuning machines
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Easy Playablity
- Die Cast Tuners
- Limited Lifetime Warranty
- Concert Sized, 18 Frets

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can anyone tell me of what kind of metal the actual frets are made of? i do not want brass. tx.**
A: They are brass, I believe.

**Q: I'm confused, someone told me there are concert sopranos. Is there a difference between concert and concert soprano? And what is this considered?**
A: Not to my knowledge. There are several sizes of Ukuleles. Soprano or standard, Concert or Alto, Baritone and Bass. This is a Concert, slightly larger than the Soprano, the neck has two or three more frets, some say this makes it easier to play.

**Q: Which is the best concert Uke for around 100 dollars ? It will be my first uke but there are many other options so if anyone has a suggestion letmekno**
A: Our whole family are absolute beginners and though I bought a bigger much more expensive Uke, we always reach for the Lanikai when we want to play.  It sounds wonderful, low maintenance (no humidifier needed) and the size is perfect for both adults and kids.  Even our kid of 6 yo has picked up a few chords with this uke.  We are very pleased with our purchase!

**Q: Will it get damaged due to shipping or is it well packaged?**
A: very well packaged. no damage.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent ukelele and an incredible value for this price
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2013*

I am primarily a guitar player and I was seeking another instrument to add to my small collection that would help maintain my interest in learning music as well as help me to continue to build the finger dexterity required for guitar playing. I decided a ukelele would be a fun little instrument to play around with and, considering the small size, would be nice to be able to set down anywhere around the house for quick playing while watching TV or preparing a meal. As a beginner guitarist, my guitars are fairly standard quality so I wasn't in search of a very high end ukelele. After pouring over reviews on Amazon as well as several other online music stores, I decided that this particular ukelele would be my best bet. The concert size is highly recommended for beginners and Lanikai is a reputable company that produces several high end models in addition to some lower end models for the learning player.  While this ukelele may be considered a "lower end" model, I was very impressed with the quality of the instrument when it arrived. Amazon offered the best price and, with Prime, it arrived quickly and in perfect shape. I am always wary to buy an instrument that will be shipped to me considering I wont be able to inspect it prior to purchasing, but my fears were unfounded in this case. A few reviewers noted that this Ukelele may require proper setup and intonation by a luthier in order to make it playable. Also several negative reviews mentioned that new strings, specifically Aquila strings, immensely improved the playability and tune-ability of the instrument. I am pleased to say that I encountered none of the problems mentioned in these negative reviews. I checked the setup and intonation of this ukelele upon receiving it and found it to be perfect. Granted, I may have received a "good one" from the factory and I'm sure there's plenty of duds out there as is the case when buying any affordable instrument; but mine was definitely perfect and sounded excellent right out of the box. I wasn't clear on the strings that would come on the ukelele as I couldn't get a good answer in my research prior to my purchase and, as previously mentioned, some reviewers recommended replacing the stock strings with Aquilas. Again, I was very impressed to find that this ukelele did in fact come stock with Aquila strings (Aquila Nylgut strings, handmade in Italy, are widely regarded as the best ukelele strings you can buy). The strings feel, play and sound amazing. Perhaps most impressive is that this ukelele never seems to fall out of tune. In the majority of the reviews I read, the reviewers mentioned the hassle of constantly having to re-tune this instrument. Perhaps mine is unique, but I rarely need to tune mine, even after sessions of fairly aggressive strumming.  Overall, I am highly impressed with this instrument. At this price I was not expecting terribly much in terms of quality but those expectations were quickly blown away upon playing this little guy. I must admit, it is rather dull in appearance compared to some of the flashier ukeleles available, but that isn't a big concern of mine. If you are in the market for a budget ukelele of a bit higher quality than some of the other offerings then your search should end here. Almost every other ukelele at a cheaper price point will likely require new strings and a proper setup at a shop (unless you give it a shot at home), with this ukelele you should be good to go right out of the box after a little tuning. I'm having a great time with this instrument.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very good instrument for the price
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2013*

I am a long-time guitar player who in recent years has decided to add other stringed instruments to my "arsenal." I picked up the banjo about three years ago, and recently I decided to take up the ukulele. Since this is my first foray into the uke, I wanted something inexpensive to play. After much research, I settled on the Lanikai LU-21C concert ukulele. Simply put, for the price, it is a great instrument.Pros:+ Rosewood fretboard+ No buzzing anywhere along the fretboard+ Stays in tune as you move up the fretboard+ Very nice, balanced tone, plenty of warmth+ Comes with Aquila Nylgut strings (i.e. the nice white ones)+ Overall, very well constructed and easy to playCons:- The angle of the neck plus the height of the bridge makes the action pretty high. It could and should be a good deal lower.- Made from nato wood (yet still sounds good--not sure how they managed that!)- There are some very tiny craftsmanship issues (chrome tuners are a little scuffed, excess glue in a few areas)Overall, if you are looking for an inexpensive ukulele that still plays and feels like an instrument and not a toy, then you would be hard-pressed to find anything better than the LU-21C.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Having Fun!
  

*by S***A on Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2013*

Nice looking Uke but I am having a challenge keeping it in tune.  This could still be because of its newness.  We shall see.  I have other Ukes that  I play more and this is not a problem. Nice sound.  A good bargain.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-08*