SOLD Mike Pereira tenor ukulele.
It has Sinker Redwood top, black walnut back and sides, maple body and fretboard bindings, ebony fingerboard and bridge. As you can see from the photos, it's a pretty stunning uke. Its build date was Dec 2012.
I was stunned at how nice a well made uke can sound when I received this uke. IMO it is ideally suited for fingerstyle playing, but it is also great for strumming (as I do when I jam with my local Uke group every week).
Amazing sustain and spot on intonation. Since purchase I have had a MiSi Trio pickup installed. The people who did that said this was the most beautiful uke they had ever seen in Western Australia.
There is one 'finish flaw' in the upper bout (below the soundhole) - a sort of dimple shows up when viewed under light at a certain angle. I don't know what this is. I have examined it with my watchmakers loop and there is no break in the varnish, just a pin point sized, and I mean pin point sized, tiny depression. It is almost impossible to see and very hard to photograph it (which I did with great difficulty in photo 5- compare photo 5 to photo 1 for a 'now you see it, now you don't' comparison). I thought I should disclose it so you know all about the uke.
Here is a Ken Middleton Video Review of almost the exact same uke (exact same woods with the only difference being that mine has a solid head plate and smaller fretboard markers than the one in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9wLXbN8gY
Here are a couple sound clips that was posted by the person I purchased it from (I wish I could play like this):
MP Tenor played finger style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRyvujs-0k
MP Tenor Vs Ken Timms Soprano Strumming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ianvycnFw&feature=youtu.be
MP Ukes are sold by The Strum Shop in Roseville CA: http://thestrumshop.com/mp-muchinga-backn-sides-with-spruce-top
New, a similar MP Tenor with MiSi pickup installed currently sells for approx. US$2000.
It has Sinker Redwood top, black walnut back and sides, maple body and fretboard bindings, ebony fingerboard and bridge. As you can see from the photos, it's a pretty stunning uke. Its build date was Dec 2012.
I was stunned at how nice a well made uke can sound when I received this uke. IMO it is ideally suited for fingerstyle playing, but it is also great for strumming (as I do when I jam with my local Uke group every week).
Amazing sustain and spot on intonation. Since purchase I have had a MiSi Trio pickup installed. The people who did that said this was the most beautiful uke they had ever seen in Western Australia.
There is one 'finish flaw' in the upper bout (below the soundhole) - a sort of dimple shows up when viewed under light at a certain angle. I don't know what this is. I have examined it with my watchmakers loop and there is no break in the varnish, just a pin point sized, and I mean pin point sized, tiny depression. It is almost impossible to see and very hard to photograph it (which I did with great difficulty in photo 5- compare photo 5 to photo 1 for a 'now you see it, now you don't' comparison). I thought I should disclose it so you know all about the uke.
Here is a Ken Middleton Video Review of almost the exact same uke (exact same woods with the only difference being that mine has a solid head plate and smaller fretboard markers than the one in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9wLXbN8gY
Here are a couple sound clips that was posted by the person I purchased it from (I wish I could play like this):
MP Tenor played finger style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRyvujs-0k
MP Tenor Vs Ken Timms Soprano Strumming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ianvycnFw&feature=youtu.be
MP Ukes are sold by The Strum Shop in Roseville CA: http://thestrumshop.com/mp-muchinga-backn-sides-with-spruce-top
New, a similar MP Tenor with MiSi pickup installed currently sells for approx. US$2000.
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