Hi everyone,
I have spent most of my time on here buying ukes and searching for your good advice, but I had to share this with you. I had read in some earlier posts about Emil Bader creating impressive ukes for reasonable prices, so I wanted to check it out. I found that he only sells through www.globalarts.com in Hawaii so I sent an email to their store to see when Mr. Bader might have some mango pineapples available for sale. Sue wrote back saying that she had 3 available and just hadn't gotten them listed on the site yet. She sent me pictures and let me pick the one I wanted of the 3. (So she probably still has 2 unlisted ones in stock!)
The price was only $215.00 shipped to F lorida! I received it today and it is beautiful! I am going to try to attach photos.
It is solid spalted mango, mahogany neck, and lychie fretboard, with abalone fret markers.
The tone is mellow, but not quiet. It has plenty of volume to my ears.
The only negative thing I would say is that there is a very small visible gap between the fretboard and the neck where the neck meets the body....but it is not obvious and causes no problems.
I have spent most of my time on here buying ukes and searching for your good advice, but I had to share this with you. I had read in some earlier posts about Emil Bader creating impressive ukes for reasonable prices, so I wanted to check it out. I found that he only sells through www.globalarts.com in Hawaii so I sent an email to their store to see when Mr. Bader might have some mango pineapples available for sale. Sue wrote back saying that she had 3 available and just hadn't gotten them listed on the site yet. She sent me pictures and let me pick the one I wanted of the 3. (So she probably still has 2 unlisted ones in stock!)
The price was only $215.00 shipped to F lorida! I received it today and it is beautiful! I am going to try to attach photos.
It is solid spalted mango, mahogany neck, and lychie fretboard, with abalone fret markers.
The tone is mellow, but not quiet. It has plenty of volume to my ears.
The only negative thing I would say is that there is a very small visible gap between the fretboard and the neck where the neck meets the body....but it is not obvious and causes no problems.