More photos of the mystery ukulele.
Can Anyone Identity This Uke-more photos
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hoosierhiver
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Royal Hawaiian and Kumalae from the 1920's had the three circles around the sound hole, but they were yellow, not black, unless it's a different model (or maybe a competitor or later version?).
janeray1940
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My guess is a no-name model made in Japan in the 1960s. Here's something similar from eBay.
hoosierhiver
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The bridge definitely suggest that.
PetalumaRescuke
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I thought it looked familiar. The Nippon Gakki reference settled my opinion that it is a 60s Japanese manufacture.
Ukecaster
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I've never played a Yamaha Nippon Gakki uke, but the nylon string, classical style acoustic guitars from the same era (late 50s/early 60s) were quite good, and have a semi-cult following. I have a Dynamic (by Yamaha) #40 classical guitar from that era, solid top, and I suspect the ukes were of similar quality.
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Appreciate the feedback everyone!
