gitarzan
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Stopped by my local MGR today, playing my way down the aisles, strummed a few jazz boxes, and old Stella with a warped top (played and sounded good!), a few Yamaha boxes, and a couple parlor sized A&Ls Amis. Finally I was there... in the ukulele section.
Lotsa Ukes hanging in there. Most have been at least 30 or 40. Mostly Lanakais, Mahalos and Oscar Schmidts. Nothing too dreamy.
Then I saw a lonely old Werco Blue Sparkle Banjo Ukulele. It was missing the saddle and I tried to tune it anyway and found that the G tuner has no friction. Otherwise, it was in nice but dirty condition.
I was always intrigued by these metal necked things. The Werco neck is supposedly Zinc with a chrome coating.
The skin was OK, maybe needs a little tightening, a little dirty but cool looking.
The shell is wooden and has a blue sparkle cover. Werco was a drum company, hence the drumlike shell.
Anyway I look forward to fixing this. A friend sent me images of the bridge on his Dixie Banjolele, shot against a ruler in case I decide to fabricate my own. I'll search for one first.
The tuner should be repairable, I hope. I suspect there is some materiel on the post that is dried out and slick. We'll see.
Here the Pix:
By the way, I did buy it.
Lotsa Ukes hanging in there. Most have been at least 30 or 40. Mostly Lanakais, Mahalos and Oscar Schmidts. Nothing too dreamy.
Then I saw a lonely old Werco Blue Sparkle Banjo Ukulele. It was missing the saddle and I tried to tune it anyway and found that the G tuner has no friction. Otherwise, it was in nice but dirty condition.
I was always intrigued by these metal necked things. The Werco neck is supposedly Zinc with a chrome coating.
The skin was OK, maybe needs a little tightening, a little dirty but cool looking.
The shell is wooden and has a blue sparkle cover. Werco was a drum company, hence the drumlike shell.
Anyway I look forward to fixing this. A friend sent me images of the bridge on his Dixie Banjolele, shot against a ruler in case I decide to fabricate my own. I'll search for one first.
The tuner should be repairable, I hope. I suspect there is some materiel on the post that is dried out and slick. We'll see.
Here the Pix:
By the way, I did buy it.
