The soprano pineapple, like the traditional ukulele, is the standard size. Even more so than the standard ukulele. It is very rare to find a pineapple ukulele in any other size.

Best Beginner’s Soprano Pineapple

For a beginner, there are two great choice of pineapple ukulele: the Lanikai LU-21P and the Makala Pineapple. Both of them are decent, playable ukuleles at a really good price. In particular, I would recommend getting a Makala beginner’s pack from musicguymic. It includes all the stuff you need to get started and it will be set up correctly (ukuleles that aren’t set up correctly can cause a great many headaches for beginners).

Best Upper-Range Pineapples

The two best pineapples around are produced by the much-respected Hawaiian makers Pono and KoAloha. The ukulele in the video above is a KoAloha, so you can hear how good it sounds. But neither of these ukuleles come cheap. They are both in the $500 ball-park.

Vintage Pineapple Sopranos

Obviously the most prized pineapple sopranos are the original Kamaka pineapples. They do crop up with some regularity on eBay and you can pick them up for a reasonable price (certainly reasonable compared to vintage Martin ukuleles and the like).