Flight Songbird EQ-A Tenor

Songbird EQ-A: A Highlight of the Royal Series

The Flight Songbird EQ-A is part of the Royal Series with a clear approach: to offer an instrument as inspiring to look at as it is to play. Its sleek silhouette, intense purple finish, and premium details (offset position markers, headstock matching the top, "songbird" motif on the neck) clearly place it among characterful ukuleles. The "songbird" concept traditionally symbolizes momentum and elevation: a theme perfectly suited to an instrument designed to encourage expression, dynamics, and nuance, both acoustically and plugged in.

Who Is This Electro-Acoustic Tenor Ukulele For?

Thanks to its tenor format and long scale length, the Songbird EQ-A is particularly suitable for intermediate to advanced players seeking more volume, sustain, and precision than concert or soprano formats. The cutaway facilitates melodic lines high up the neck, useful for fingerstyle, solo arrangements, modern picking, and enriched accompaniment (voicings, chord extensions). With its active pickup system, it feels equally at home on stage, in the studio, or during rehearsals: a true "plug-and-play" ukulele for pop, indie, soul, light jazz, chanson, and any repertoire requiring clarity and articulation.

A Bright, Deep, and Very Clear Sound

The Songbird EQ-A's sonic personality primarily comes from its all-solid construction. The solid flamed maple top delivers a crisp attack, great definition, and elegant brightness: perfect for highlighting notes in arpeggio playing, harmonics, and finger attacks. Complementing this, the solid mango back and sides add warmth and depth in the low-midrange, preventing a too "dry" sound and providing a sense of depth even at low volumes. The side sound port acts as a natural monitor for the player: it better reveals projection, nuances, and touch detail, helping to stabilize dynamics (highly appreciated in recording and on stage). For comfort and tuning stability, there is a compensated nut and a pair of bone nut and saddle, which promote precise attack and more reliable intonation across the neck.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To best preserve this solid wood lutherie, an instrument humidifier (to be placed in the gig bag) is a relevant option during winter or in dry environments. A chromatic tuner (clip-on or pedal) remains essential to fully enjoy the precision and harmonic richness of the ukulele, especially when amplified.

Technical specifications

Format	tenor (19 frets)	Nut	bone
Top	solid flamed maple	Position markers	offset at 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets
Back and sides	solid mango	Aesthetic detail	"songbird" motif on the neck
Rosette	blackwood	Bridge	rosewood
Comfort edge	blackwood	Bridge type	pin bridge
Cutaway	sculpted (scalloped) blackwood	Saddle	bone
Side sound port	yes	Compensated saddle	yes
Finish / color	Stain top (purple finish, tinted top)	Original strings	Worth Brown
Neck	African mahogany	Headstock	matching the top
Fingerboard	rosewood	Pickup system	Double C1U Active Pickup (dual, active)
Scale length	16.93" / 430 mm	Gig bag	Flight Deluxe Gig Bag included
Nut width	1.50" / 38 mm	Premium features	rosewood fingerboard, blackwood rosette, blackwood comfort edge, unique headstock, pin bridge system, sculpted blackwood cutaway, compensated saddle, Worth Brown strings