Swamp Yankee
Well-known member
After spending the past few months in a plastic bag with a spice pouch filled with ground coffee stuffed in the soundhole to rid it of some heinous perfumey deodorizer some prior owner sprayed it with, the uke now has a wonderful smell to it.
Now I can play it as long as I want without feeling as though I'd break out in hives if I continued. And boy howdy this uke can sing its heart out! Loud, wonderful tone with lots of chime when played hard and warmth and depth when fingerpicked.. it's superb, cracks, divots and all.
Wondering what the little dot inlays in the fretboard were made from, I shined a bright light on it and peered close. I was pleasantly surprised to see they're made from grained ivoroid, and I was tickled to see the builder had carefully aligned the grain on each of the four dots so all pointed to 10 o'clock. Cool.
That's all... just gushing a bit over a ukulele that's 70 years old or so...
Now I can play it as long as I want without feeling as though I'd break out in hives if I continued. And boy howdy this uke can sing its heart out! Loud, wonderful tone with lots of chime when played hard and warmth and depth when fingerpicked.. it's superb, cracks, divots and all.
Wondering what the little dot inlays in the fretboard were made from, I shined a bright light on it and peered close. I was pleasantly surprised to see they're made from grained ivoroid, and I was tickled to see the builder had carefully aligned the grain on each of the four dots so all pointed to 10 o'clock. Cool.
That's all... just gushing a bit over a ukulele that's 70 years old or so...