Earlier on, UkuDaily posted about finding a discontinued model Republic ukulele on ebay for $119, including hard shell case. The pictures looked good, so I jumped at getting one.
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?43708-New-Uke-Day!-I-found-my-wide-string-beat-around-uke
I've finally got my pictures, along with a my observations, so here goes:
The case is very cheaply made, and no inspection was done.
For the price, I'm not going to quibble - a cheap case is better than no case.
The ukulele looks great - glossy finish, what I'm guessing is fake abalone inlay, and a decent looking binding.
The saddle leaves a lot to be desired - one side is significantly higher than the other, but I wouldn't call it a compensating saddle, and there are no string notches - I don't know if that's positive or negative..
the strings were cheap black - I called them Hilo, since that's the only black string I've run across, but they could have been anything. They were just dead, very quite, and didn't feel comfortable. So I replaced them, but more in the next post.
-Kurt
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?43708-New-Uke-Day!-I-found-my-wide-string-beat-around-uke
I've finally got my pictures, along with a my observations, so here goes:
The case is very cheaply made, and no inspection was done.
For the price, I'm not going to quibble - a cheap case is better than no case.
The ukulele looks great - glossy finish, what I'm guessing is fake abalone inlay, and a decent looking binding.
The saddle leaves a lot to be desired - one side is significantly higher than the other, but I wouldn't call it a compensating saddle, and there are no string notches - I don't know if that's positive or negative..
the strings were cheap black - I called them Hilo, since that's the only black string I've run across, but they could have been anything. They were just dead, very quite, and didn't feel comfortable. So I replaced them, but more in the next post.
-Kurt