Kanileʻa is pleased to announce two beautiful and dramatic new additions to our 2024 instrument lineup, the ʻIlikai and the Pōhaku. Made from solid Flamed Maple and Quilted Maple, these two new instruments are available in all scale lengths and are sure to turn heads with their looks and their tone.
‘Ilikai Soprano SN. 28167
$2,595.00
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Designed by Souza brothers, Kahiau and Kaimana, this ʻukulele was stained by them too giving an electric feeling and a booming tone. The instrument pictured is a placeholder image and by placing a build to order product we will special order it for you to be built by our team of expert luthiers with top tier quality and finished in the factory with an extremely playable setup and action at 2.5mm at the 12th fret. As a note, it will have a different set of wood and stains are all individual and no two are alike.
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Specifications and Features
ʻIlikai
The ʻIlikai model takes its name from the Hawaiian word for “Horizon” and is inspired by the beautiful sunset skies in Hawaiʻi. The stain transitions from a bright red to a deep blue, picking up the sweeping flames of the maple tonewood to create a vivid, stunning instrument unlike anything Kanileʻa has made before.
The position markers and logo are made from stained teal poplar, bringing that distinctive ocean color tone all the way up the neck to the headstock.
Marvelous Maple
While solid Hawaiian Koa is the perfect tonewood for ʻukulele, Maple offers a tone which is truly different and compelling on these instruments. A dense tonewood, it tends to have a brighter tone than koa, with a distinctive punch and compression on the low end. Used as tonewood by luthiers for hundreds of years, we are proud to make our first Maple Kanileʻa.
ʻIlikai
The ʻIlikai model takes its name from the Hawaiian word for “Horizon” and is inspired by the beautiful sunset skies in Hawaiʻi. The stain transitions from a bright red to a deep blue, picking up the sweeping flames of the maple tonewood to create a vivid, stunning instrument unlike anything Kanileʻa has made before.
The position markers and logo are made from stained teal poplar, bringing that distinctive ocean color tone all the way up the neck to the headstock.
Marvelous Maple
While solid Hawaiian Koa is the perfect tonewood for ʻukulele, Maple offers a tone which is truly different and compelling on these instruments. A dense tonewood, it tends to have a brighter tone than koa, with a distinctive punch and compression on the low end. Used as tonewood by luthiers for hundreds of years, we are proud to make our first Maple Kanileʻa.
| `Ukulele Size | Soprano, Concert, Tenor, Super Tenor, Baritone, GL6 (Guitarlele) |
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