Sonntag Jazz Uke
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SinisterDom
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:bowdown: That thing is gorgeous.
Plainsong
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Holy Crap! Where can I find such a ukulele, to watch the "Add to cart" button silently mock me?
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Zakulele
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Its made by a German guitar maker called Sonntag.
After converting from Euros its come out to about $3500, but for a different color add $525.
BTW as I was looking at the price I came this Semi Acoustic model...(about $200 dollars cheaper)
Plainsong
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Yeah I know a guitar builder who builds such guitars, and he'd take a uke commission because he thinks those are cool too. He had some uke builds going on, I guess as prototypes. But yeah, maybe one day, if I have a spare 4k, I'd have him make me one.
So yeah, not anytime soon.
So yeah, not anytime soon.
Jimmy
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That is quite brilliant. I've wanted a uke like this like this for a while, but the price will set me back for quite a while. Ah well. Thanks for referring me to this!
elmapache
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Awesome, but optically a bit too far away from ukulele style. Maybe sth. cool for guitar AND uke hybrid-players? :>
Here the english version of the website. Also availlable in German:
http://www.sonntag-guitars.com/english/
Here the english version of the website. Also availlable in German:
http://www.sonntag-guitars.com/english/
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I have never played one by myself. But the Jazzuke does not have any good reputation among german uke-players. General opinion is that they are kind of overbuilt and not suited for being played acoustic. There may be better results being played plugged in.
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Plainsong
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Yeah, it looks like a strictly plugged-in kind of instrument. I guess it all depends on what's inside.
SnakeOiler
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They have steel strings, so I assume it's more for plugging in. Still, I'd hit it.
Right now I'll stick with my Kala Archtop.
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Archtop jazz guitars have very different characteristics to ordinary guitars, deliberately so. The arch top makes then louder, but drastically shortens the sustain and CAN emphasise the treble a bit too. They were designed that way to be audible in a band in the days before amplification, and that became the de-facto "jazz guitar" sound. If a David Gray-alike picked up an archtop jazz guitar, they would find it sounded plunky and brash compared to what they were used to. I wonder if the same is true of some archtop ukuleles?
HaileISela
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just to bump this a little bit:
Hobgoblin Steve
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Ive wanted this one for a while, but im not a fan of electric playing. If it were acoustic only Id look and wish. but thats about all 
that headstock sure is pretty though
that headstock sure is pretty though
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