Rope Purfling Mainland Ukulele
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Rllink
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I'm sorry, I'm new to ukuleles. What is Rope Purfling? Could someone post a picture?
RichM
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Alternating black/white (usually) coloring that creates the appearance of rope. On the side, it's binding; on the top, it's purfling.
Edit to add: That's not a picture of a Mainland (since that was the original topic of this thread), but a very nice example of rope purfling.
Edit to add: That's not a picture of a Mainland (since that was the original topic of this thread), but a very nice example of rope purfling.
Rllink
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Alternating black/white (usually) coloring that creates the appearance of rope. On the side, it's binding; on the top, it's purfling.
Edit to add: That's not a picture of a Mainland (since that was the original topic of this thread), but a very nice example of rope purfling.
Thank you Rich. I'm particularly interested in Mainland ukes and am thinking that I might some day replace the one that I have with a Mainland. I saw a couple at the ukulele festival I was at last weekend, and they looked pretty nice.
RichM
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I have two (and I used to have 3!) and they are very nice.
Paul December
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I've owned three, and they have all had slight imperfection in the rope binding.
...Figured it was acceptable at that price point.
OTOH I had a similarly priced Kala Acacia with a more intricate herringbone pattern that was surprisingly perfect.
...Figured it was acceptable at that price point.
OTOH I had a similarly priced Kala Acacia with a more intricate herringbone pattern that was surprisingly perfect.
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