Stevelele
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Four years ago I bought this custom baritone from a local luthier, William Del Pilar, who is highly regarded as a classical guitar maker. As some of you know, I'm very picky about the ukes I buy, and it was his meticulousness and ideas about sound that intrigued me. He created a bracing for which he owns a patent and it's been featured and complimented in news articles. But most importantly, it sounds great.
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/03/nyregion/master-guitar-makers-are-leery-of-their-art.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/building-guitars-frequency-article-1.376856
The uke is made out of curly rock maple back and sides and west german spruce top. I certainly don't profess to know anything about whether the special bracing does anything more than a regular fan bracing, but this clip is a decent representation of what it sounds like--to me, it very much has a classical guitar-like sound. You can't buy anything from him anymore because he's moved away, and I think he retired. I'm selling this because I am getting too busy to play the uke and trying to clear space. I would sell this for $1150 plus shipping and insurance (you pay fees). It's in perfect condition.
See photos in a post below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdnbiLJUEb4
Four years ago I bought this custom baritone from a local luthier, William Del Pilar, who is highly regarded as a classical guitar maker. As some of you know, I'm very picky about the ukes I buy, and it was his meticulousness and ideas about sound that intrigued me. He created a bracing for which he owns a patent and it's been featured and complimented in news articles. But most importantly, it sounds great.
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/03/nyregion/master-guitar-makers-are-leery-of-their-art.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/building-guitars-frequency-article-1.376856
The uke is made out of curly rock maple back and sides and west german spruce top. I certainly don't profess to know anything about whether the special bracing does anything more than a regular fan bracing, but this clip is a decent representation of what it sounds like--to me, it very much has a classical guitar-like sound. You can't buy anything from him anymore because he's moved away, and I think he retired. I'm selling this because I am getting too busy to play the uke and trying to clear space. I would sell this for $1150 plus shipping and insurance (you pay fees). It's in perfect condition.
See photos in a post below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdnbiLJUEb4
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