Doc_J
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It is great that many folks here have saved old ukes from death, sometimes at great expense.
But can one go too far in a restoration, changing too much?
I saw this Kamaka 'restoration' and wondered if one can really still call it a Kamaka or is it a Kamakenstein with many pieces that have nothing to do with a Kamaka?
While this looks cool and interesting and may play excellent, I think it went too far from the original Kamaka for my taste. To be far I don't know what it looked like to start. It may have been a total wreck with little to keep. What do you think?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTIFUL-VINTAGE-KAMAKA-UKULELE-TOTAL-REBUILD-CUSTOM-NECK-EBONY-FRETBOARD-/130755392214?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e71a0f2d6#ht_728wt_1344
I think it was the added side fret markers and the screws in the bridge that put me over the edge.
But can one go too far in a restoration, changing too much?
I saw this Kamaka 'restoration' and wondered if one can really still call it a Kamaka or is it a Kamakenstein with many pieces that have nothing to do with a Kamaka?
While this looks cool and interesting and may play excellent, I think it went too far from the original Kamaka for my taste. To be far I don't know what it looked like to start. It may have been a total wreck with little to keep. What do you think?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BEAUTIFUL-VINTAGE-KAMAKA-UKULELE-TOTAL-REBUILD-CUSTOM-NECK-EBONY-FRETBOARD-/130755392214?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e71a0f2d6#ht_728wt_1344
I think it was the added side fret markers and the screws in the bridge that put me over the edge.
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