bnolsen
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Tonight I took my daughter to my brother's place for an overnight there. Near his place is a used instrument store, mostly band instruments. Walked in 10 mins before closing. They have a small climate controlled room. Nothing interesting there, just your typical lanakai, eddy fin, etc stock.
Walking back through the store looking around underneath a counter I saw a small ukulele. Ended up being a blem Martin S0, the serial number was blacked out. That particular one was under the counter awaiting repair for a 2" or so crack along the grain a little below the bridge. The "blem" portion looked like someone at the factory had accidentally hit the edge of the ukulele with a chisel and gouged enough to make a small hole. They have it marked 99USD...the shop paid someone 50usd for it.
Apparently the guy who brought that ukulele in has been in every couple of weeks selling instruments. His dad had died recently and apparently had quite the collection. The guy at the shop said he'd brought in some 1965 blue gibson student guitar, and also some martin backpacker (ukulele?) that's been out of manufacture for a long time.
The guy said they would probably use titebond to fix the crack. He also took my name and number and will call me immediately when it's repaired. I really didn't notice any wear on it.
I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures but the guy was walking out the door while I was talking to him since the store was closed.
Does this seem like a good deal for 99usd?
Walking back through the store looking around underneath a counter I saw a small ukulele. Ended up being a blem Martin S0, the serial number was blacked out. That particular one was under the counter awaiting repair for a 2" or so crack along the grain a little below the bridge. The "blem" portion looked like someone at the factory had accidentally hit the edge of the ukulele with a chisel and gouged enough to make a small hole. They have it marked 99USD...the shop paid someone 50usd for it.
Apparently the guy who brought that ukulele in has been in every couple of weeks selling instruments. His dad had died recently and apparently had quite the collection. The guy at the shop said he'd brought in some 1965 blue gibson student guitar, and also some martin backpacker (ukulele?) that's been out of manufacture for a long time.
The guy said they would probably use titebond to fix the crack. He also took my name and number and will call me immediately when it's repaired. I really didn't notice any wear on it.
I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures but the guy was walking out the door while I was talking to him since the store was closed.
Does this seem like a good deal for 99usd?