During my recuperation period from open heart surgery (7 weeks ago and doing very well), I've been surfing eBay often looking at the listing of tenor ukes. What motivates my UAS is seeing something different than I already have. If I find one, I go for it, but since I only have room for eight ukes in my humidified shelf cabinet, I have to get rid of one when I get another.
I saw this Bruce Wei made solid acacia koa paddle uke with island sound holes for $220. I don't have a paddle shape and though I did get a brown burst island sound hole from Bruce a few months ago, I decided I'll replace it with this paddle version and give the brown burst to the UCLA/Mattel Children's hospital music therapy program for which we play every few weeks.
I usually have Bruce custom make a uke, but this one fit the bill pretty well, especially the figured acacia koa, though the inlaid fish on the fretboard is not something I would not have chosen, but I can certainly live with it (maybe the women in my group will find it alluring).
It has lot's of projection and sustain, feels and sounds very good. I already added black strap buttons to match the black tuner knobs.
8 tenor cutaway ukes, 3 acoustic bass ukes, 8 solid body bass ukes, 8 mini electric bass guitars
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children's hospital music therapy programs. http://www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/videos
I saw this Bruce Wei made solid acacia koa paddle uke with island sound holes for $220. I don't have a paddle shape and though I did get a brown burst island sound hole from Bruce a few months ago, I decided I'll replace it with this paddle version and give the brown burst to the UCLA/Mattel Children's hospital music therapy program for which we play every few weeks.
I usually have Bruce custom make a uke, but this one fit the bill pretty well, especially the figured acacia koa, though the inlaid fish on the fretboard is not something I would not have chosen, but I can certainly live with it (maybe the women in my group will find it alluring).
It has lot's of projection and sustain, feels and sounds very good. I already added black strap buttons to match the black tuner knobs.
8 tenor cutaway ukes, 3 acoustic bass ukes, 8 solid body bass ukes, 8 mini electric bass guitars
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children's hospital music therapy programs. http://www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: https://www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/videos
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