I think I'm going to cry...
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lozarkman
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I am grabbing a towel as well. What a shame for someone to let such a beautiful instrument get into such a bad shape. Seems a little high for all it needs and maybe not returnable to a fully refinished state. Sure tempted though, since I am such a baritone fanatic 
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zac987
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I cry every time I see a bowed neck...
1931jim
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I would love the chance to fix it. $395 divided by 100 equals $3.95. Just my cup of tea 'til the Spring time. I started off with nothing and have most of it left. PS: The top has a nice tight grain. With Freemont blacks it might sound terrific when repaired.
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cahaya
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I am grabbing a towel as well. What a shame for someone to let such a beautiful instrument get into such a bad shape. Seems a little high for all it needs and maybe not returnable to a fully refinished state. Sure tempted though, since I am such a baritone fanatic
I agree with you, lozarkman, I also think the seller is asking a lot of for this item.
It may cost a lot to fix bow (warp?) in the neck. I was told once if the warp is around 0.8cm or less, it may worth the effort to try. Anything more than 1cm, then the wood is, according to him, GONE :deadhorse:. The seller did not give us much infor on how bad the warp is.
OK, who has the tower ?
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OldePhart
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Are you sure? A tenor guitar should have been built for steel strings and therefore wouldn't be pulled apart like this is...
ukulelecowboy
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This is absolutely, no question about it, a tenor guitar, not a baritone ukulele. The scale length and the nut width are the giveaways. Plus the fact that this instrument was clearly manufactured before Baritones were really conceived. I don't know why the neck bowed but it this instrument was designed to handle steel strings.
It could be repaired and strung with nylons as a Baritone but I think the nut width and the shape and thickness of the neck would be a constant reminder to the player that it originally was a tenor guitar.
Yes, it's a Stromberg tenor guitar. Here's something similar from Jake Wildwood's site:
http://antebelluminstruments.blogspot.com/2010/04/c1925-stromberg-voisinet-venetian-tenor.html
Remember, the baritone ukulele did not exist prior to 1949 or 1950.
zac987
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It's possible that it was strung with far too heavy strings. It may be built for steel, but I'm sure it's still very lightly built.
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OldePhart
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At least it's not a Boat Paddle uke - when I first saw it that's what I thought - then I noticed that the headstock wasn't right, etc. Still a crying shame any way you look at it.
Jake Wildwood
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It's extremely likely that the neck is not bowed but that it needs a neck reset as well as fretboard extension modification to fit correctly... often on these old guys the actual neck is dead straight but the neck/body joint has drifted which means there's an angle going on making action bad rather than a true warp.
And yes, this is a tenor guitar, c.1925-30. There's a nearly identical one sitting my shop "to get to" pile right at the moment and two more of these, in KeyKord format, on their way to me as I write this.
And yes, this is a tenor guitar, c.1925-30. There's a nearly identical one sitting my shop "to get to" pile right at the moment and two more of these, in KeyKord format, on their way to me as I write this.
Teek
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I've been watching it for about a month now and it still makes me sad. If I was flush I'd have bought it and sent it to rehab at Jake's.
Jake Wildwood
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If you were flush you could buy a fixed up version of that from me for less than the seller is selling that one for...
Teek
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The point would be to save the poor thing!
