GX9901
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The time has come for me to send away my Pono cedar top tenor (I've got some rampant UAS problems). Rather than selling it off, I've decided to give it away to someone who can really use a decent solid wood tenor ukulele right here at the Ukulele Underground.
Before you get too excited, there is a reason why this is a "ghetto" giveaway so you will want to read and watch the descriptions below.
As for who will get it, basically if you can convince me that you're the person I should give it to on this thread (no PM's please), it's yours.
Some guidelines:
-Go for the uke for yourself. If you think your friend need it, have him/her post directly.
-Pictures of your best uke may help.
-Videos of your uke playing could help.
-It may not be a great idea to post a huge essay. If I get bored reading it, it probably won't help.
-I will consider not only what's posted on this thread, but anything I may know about you from this forum is fair game.
-I will make the final decision on who to give it to. If you're interested in the uke, post something to convince me. It's open to everyone.
I'll try to make this short and sweet and close it out by midnight on Friday, 5/23 and make a decision by Sunday night on 5/25.
If there is not much interest, I reserve the right to either extend it or cancel it. Hopefully it won't come to that.
Now onto the uke itself:
It's a Pono model PTC, with a Dean Markley pickup installed by me. Both the uke and pickup was purchased from musicguymic. Uke was bought in March, 2007. I don't remember when the pickup was installed, probably 5-6 months after buying the uke (yes, I probably should have bought a PTC-E). The uke is in perfect playing condition but it does have some cosmetic flaws. Here is a video going over this uke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tNAV_tY8TY
So it is ghetto in the sense that it has cosmetic flaws but it is otherwise perfectly fine. By the way, in the video I mentioned the pickup being off-centered as a cosmetic flaw. Well, the PTC's replacement I got, the new Pono PTES-CE, came with the pickup installed way more off-center than the one I did, so it really shouldn't be considered a cosmetic flaw anymore.
Some pictures:
Here's the package (extra strings, wipe cloth, Herco, are included):
Front cosmetic flaw:
Back cosmetic flaws:
Closeup of back binding separation:
Thanks!
Before you get too excited, there is a reason why this is a "ghetto" giveaway so you will want to read and watch the descriptions below.
As for who will get it, basically if you can convince me that you're the person I should give it to on this thread (no PM's please), it's yours.
Some guidelines:
-Go for the uke for yourself. If you think your friend need it, have him/her post directly.
-Pictures of your best uke may help.
-Videos of your uke playing could help.
-It may not be a great idea to post a huge essay. If I get bored reading it, it probably won't help.
-I will consider not only what's posted on this thread, but anything I may know about you from this forum is fair game.
-I will make the final decision on who to give it to. If you're interested in the uke, post something to convince me. It's open to everyone.
I'll try to make this short and sweet and close it out by midnight on Friday, 5/23 and make a decision by Sunday night on 5/25.
If there is not much interest, I reserve the right to either extend it or cancel it. Hopefully it won't come to that.
Now onto the uke itself:
It's a Pono model PTC, with a Dean Markley pickup installed by me. Both the uke and pickup was purchased from musicguymic. Uke was bought in March, 2007. I don't remember when the pickup was installed, probably 5-6 months after buying the uke (yes, I probably should have bought a PTC-E). The uke is in perfect playing condition but it does have some cosmetic flaws. Here is a video going over this uke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tNAV_tY8TY
So it is ghetto in the sense that it has cosmetic flaws but it is otherwise perfectly fine. By the way, in the video I mentioned the pickup being off-centered as a cosmetic flaw. Well, the PTC's replacement I got, the new Pono PTES-CE, came with the pickup installed way more off-center than the one I did, so it really shouldn't be considered a cosmetic flaw anymore.
Some pictures:
Here's the package (extra strings, wipe cloth, Herco, are included):
Front cosmetic flaw:
Back cosmetic flaws:
Closeup of back binding separation:
Thanks!
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