The L.Luthier Aca EQ is an electro tenor ukulele with a standard, central soundhole. Why am I opening with that? Well… L.Luthier ukuleles often come with an off-centre soundhole. Their names are then prefixed with a ‘Le’. So, a Le Aca EQ would have the soundhole off to the side, and this one has no ‘Le’ and therefore it’s in the middle. Well, when you clicked on the link to read about this ukulele I bet you didn’t count on the fact you’d be bored after paragraph one haha!

Anyway, onto more interesting stuff… This one is made from solid European spruce on the top, with solid acacia back and sides, a good combination that gives plenty of brightness and volume from the spruce, partially mellowed out by the acacia back and sides. Even with that it still packs some punch and therefore would be a good candidate for a low G just to balance out all that sprucey power. In high G, if you want to pick, the clarity is really nice and the sustain is great. If you want to strum, then it’s certainly going to knock people’s socks off!

The L.Luthier Aca EQ has some hardwood inlays on the top, depicting birds in flight (maybe they heard this uke being played and the volume scared them off). There’s a strip of the same wood as purfling, next to some flamed maple binding, and the whole package has a gloss finish which makes everything shine and sparkle nicely. Actually, I tell a lie, the back of the beck has been left with a satin finish for a smooth finish when playing, which is a well thought out touch.

The nut width is 37mm and this tenor uke has aged brass effect tuners from Der Jung, which are both great quality and rather smart. It has Savarez strings which have a good mix of punch, power, sustain and a slightly thicker, creamier background tone. It also has L.Luthier’s own pickup system, which blends between an undersaddle pickup and an internal mic to blend the tone and get some very clean sounding amplified performance. There’s a side soundhole too (as in, on the side of the uke), giving the player a bit more volume, and there’s a nice gig bag as well.

At the bottom of the page you’ll find some easy to add extras, including strap buttons and low G fitting.