Swamp Yankee
Well-known member
I meant well this past Saturday - taking my 2017 Waterloo (by Collings) WL-S parlor guitar back to the store where I purchased it. My intention was to consign it with them to help pay for the ukuleles I've purchased this past year.
I'd had it listed locally for a few months, and figured I'd sell it as low as $1,300 on my own in a face to face transaction. But I got only one phone call on it in 2 months so... I hoped to get as much as $1200 from consignment. And that sounded good to the guy behind the counter at the store. BUT....
They had a Kiwaya KTT-22K - an Artist series tenor in koa. :drool:
I was doomed.
I ended up trading my guitar outright for the Kiwaya, a "Steady" padded case, a copy of Jim Beloff's book "Daily Ukulele to go", a pack of Martin M620 strings, and $60 cash
Holy mackerel - this tenor is sweeeet! It has a beautiful finish, a wonderful neck and a voice like a chorus of angels.
36mm nut - the back is arched very much like my vintage Martin C1, rosewood fretboard. It was a little dusty from being on display so I cleaned it well, oiled the fretboard, and gave it the Martin fluorocarbons.
So - now I've got four Artist series Kiwaya ukes - two sops, (one in koa) a concert, and now, the tenor as well.
I didn't get any new funds - but I swapped out a guitar that hasn't gotten more than an hour's play time in the past 9 months or so since I got bit by the uke bug.
I think maybe I can stop buying ukes now ... this one ticks all the boxes so nicely I'll probably be offering up two solid mahogany tenors in the near future.
https://i.imgur.com/umJyVXJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tH86te1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NDUw9o6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3MZJ1Wi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9LETm1h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VP4ajK0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ThLTrqC.jpg
I'd had it listed locally for a few months, and figured I'd sell it as low as $1,300 on my own in a face to face transaction. But I got only one phone call on it in 2 months so... I hoped to get as much as $1200 from consignment. And that sounded good to the guy behind the counter at the store. BUT....
They had a Kiwaya KTT-22K - an Artist series tenor in koa. :drool:
I was doomed.
I ended up trading my guitar outright for the Kiwaya, a "Steady" padded case, a copy of Jim Beloff's book "Daily Ukulele to go", a pack of Martin M620 strings, and $60 cash
Holy mackerel - this tenor is sweeeet! It has a beautiful finish, a wonderful neck and a voice like a chorus of angels.
36mm nut - the back is arched very much like my vintage Martin C1, rosewood fretboard. It was a little dusty from being on display so I cleaned it well, oiled the fretboard, and gave it the Martin fluorocarbons.
So - now I've got four Artist series Kiwaya ukes - two sops, (one in koa) a concert, and now, the tenor as well.
I didn't get any new funds - but I swapped out a guitar that hasn't gotten more than an hour's play time in the past 9 months or so since I got bit by the uke bug.
I think maybe I can stop buying ukes now ... this one ticks all the boxes so nicely I'll probably be offering up two solid mahogany tenors in the near future.
https://i.imgur.com/umJyVXJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tH86te1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NDUw9o6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3MZJ1Wi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9LETm1h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VP4ajK0.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ThLTrqC.jpg