Monkey wrench is making a steel string acoustic uke in the works....

iamesperambient said:

http://monkeywrenchmusic.com/steel-string-acoustic-ukulele

interesting sound. his ukes are pure craftsmanship. I would love to own one especially this and his electric baritone ukes, but their just so expensive maybe one day.

What do you guys think of this? i think its a really unique sound.

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iamesperambient said:

actually just looked at the date i didnt notice before this is old
and i dont see any being made now. i wonder if it ever fully
was finished or sold ? i've seen one other company i forget the name
def a really small 'basement luthier' for lack of better words who made
a steel string baritone, it would be nice to see a tenor or concert acoustic
with steel strings i like the sound a lot (from what i can hear).

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mds725 said:

I just received a Compass Rose acoustic baritone steel string ukulele. It sounds a lot like a tenor guitar, but with a slightly more percussive ukulele sound. Here's a photo of it with its "twin," a Compass Rose acoustic baritone nylon string tuned octave-lower GCEA. Both are Adirondack Spruce top, Amazon Rosewood back and sides. They're both beautiful instruments. The steel string is on the right, with the angled saddle.

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mds725 said:

I just received a Compass Rose acoustic baritone steel string ukulele. It sounds a lot like a tenor guitar, but with a slightly more percussive ukulele sound. Here's a photo of it with its "twin," a Compass Rose acoustic baritone nylon string tuned octave-lower GCEA. Both are Adirondack Spruce top, Amazon Rosewood back and sides. They're both beautiful instruments. The steel string is on the right, with the angled saddle.

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mds725 said:

I just received a Compass Rose acoustic baritone steel string ukulele. It sounds a lot like a tenor guitar, but with a slightly more percussive ukulele sound. Here's a photo of it with its "twin," a Compass Rose acoustic baritone nylon string tuned octave-lower GCEA. Both are Adirondack Spruce top, Amazon Rosewood back and sides. They're both beautiful instruments. The steel string is on the right, with the angled saddle.

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iamesperambient said:

it may be asking to much but is it possible to record a little sound clip of the steel string
this is something i'd really like to invest in. i love baritone ukulele size and feel and
really dont want to go into the world of tenor guitar.

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iamesperambient said:

does compass rose have a website?
i cant find anything on them except reviews
for their instruments but no site..as far as i can see.

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mds725 said:

The luthier, Rick Turner, also builds guitars and basses. Here's his website:
http://www.rickturnerguitars.com/

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mds725 said:

The luthier, Rick Turner, also builds guitars and basses. Here's his website:
http://www.rickturnerguitars.com/

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iamesperambient said:

sadly all i see is a normal tenor, a mini jumbo guitar and a jumbo guitar i guess he
doesn't make other ukes anymore or is this custom order to spec?

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mds725 said:

Rick has a thriving concert and tenor ukulele business, but he just began making baritone ukuleles. Most of his ukulele work is custom, although he does build "spec" tenor and concert ukuleles that he sells to retail shops like Sylvan Music in Santa Cruz and Heartbreak Guitars in Las Vegas. Both of my baritones were custom. I ordered them back in December 2012, while he was still working on a baritone ukulele prototype. I think he wants to build more baritones, though. He really likes the way my baritones turned out, and I think he has orders for more of them. You can contact him through his website.

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