Last up for sale this morning (as part of my penance for stealing from the uke fund) is a short scale tenor banjo, aka a baritone banjo uke!
I bought this from Aaron Keim, who made a new bridge for it and leveled and dressed the frets as necessary. It needs a bath, but for the record: I'm not lazy, I just kind of like the aged look of this old uke (it's circa 1920).
Aside from a little dirt behind the ears, there are no issues to speak of. It has a skin top, a 1" nut, low action, and awesome geared tuners (Peg-what?).
It's probably worth mentioning that the 1" nut takes about five minutes of getting used to. I found that I flubbed easy chords at first, but after a few minutes of playing it's no worries. And for those of you who avoid barre chords or the dreaded E: this narrow neck will bend them to your will!
It's strung with Southcoast G650s, which are now called ML-RWs. It's a linear set with wound 3rd and 4th strings.
Here's a brief sound sample, in which I tried to give an example of how it sounds picked and strummed: http://snd.sc/11vuYxw
$275 USD gets this shipped to your door CONUS. International buyers, you may want to sit this one out; this puppy ain't going to be cheap to ship. (Actually, you can PM if you're interested.)
More pics to follow. Cheers.
I bought this from Aaron Keim, who made a new bridge for it and leveled and dressed the frets as necessary. It needs a bath, but for the record: I'm not lazy, I just kind of like the aged look of this old uke (it's circa 1920).
Aside from a little dirt behind the ears, there are no issues to speak of. It has a skin top, a 1" nut, low action, and awesome geared tuners (Peg-what?).
It's probably worth mentioning that the 1" nut takes about five minutes of getting used to. I found that I flubbed easy chords at first, but after a few minutes of playing it's no worries. And for those of you who avoid barre chords or the dreaded E: this narrow neck will bend them to your will!
It's strung with Southcoast G650s, which are now called ML-RWs. It's a linear set with wound 3rd and 4th strings.
Here's a brief sound sample, in which I tried to give an example of how it sounds picked and strummed: http://snd.sc/11vuYxw
$275 USD gets this shipped to your door CONUS. International buyers, you may want to sit this one out; this puppy ain't going to be cheap to ship. (Actually, you can PM if you're interested.)
More pics to follow. Cheers.