Noobie
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I friend of mine is off digging through his storage unit and sends me a text with the following picture, since he knows I'm into ukes:
Eeep!
The story is that when my friend was a kid his family visited Hawaii and he somehow ended up with a Kamaka ukulele (this would have been around '86 or so). Well, apparently it's been in storage pretty much ever since (first in California, now Colorado).
I haven't gotten a chance to inspect it yet, but I'm expecting the worst since it hasn't been humidified (it isn't even in a case), it's been baking in a storage unit for decades, and at one point its home was in the Mojave desert.
Assuming this thing isn't kindling, what can I look for to determine what it's worth? I'm hoping to make a fair offer to my friend to give it a loving home, but he needs money and I want to give him a fair price.
I'll post more pics and info once I have it in my hands.
Eeep!
The story is that when my friend was a kid his family visited Hawaii and he somehow ended up with a Kamaka ukulele (this would have been around '86 or so). Well, apparently it's been in storage pretty much ever since (first in California, now Colorado).
I haven't gotten a chance to inspect it yet, but I'm expecting the worst since it hasn't been humidified (it isn't even in a case), it's been baking in a storage unit for decades, and at one point its home was in the Mojave desert.
Assuming this thing isn't kindling, what can I look for to determine what it's worth? I'm hoping to make a fair offer to my friend to give it a loving home, but he needs money and I want to give him a fair price.
I'll post more pics and info once I have it in my hands.