MatthewVanitas
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CURRENTLY LOOKING TO DONATE IT TO A MUSIC-RELATED NON-PROFIT WHERE IT MIGHT FIND SOME OCCASIONAL USE AS A NOVELTY/EXPERIMENTAL PIECE.
Back in 20009 on a whim I emailed Waverly Street ukuleles to look into getting a diatonically-fretted ukulele, what is known as a kabosy in Madagascar. He made me a nice custom one with Gotoh tuners, based on plans from the Guild of American Luthiers.
This kabosy is tuned to an open-C chord, 17" (tenor-length) neck, and the partial frets are specifically made so that only notes in the C-scale can be fretted. One really cool aspect of this is that if you barre-chord across it, you'll automatically get chords relative to C, like if you bar at the A portion the chord will automatically be Am instead of Amaj. So it's like a uke that always plays in key.
It's a really neat oddity, and well-made, but I may be moving overseas soon and I'm trimming down to the bare musical essentials. It's in good condition except for a small split in the soundboard grain due to the soundhole having a point into the grain. It stops at the soundhole and has been stable for years, but I'm knocking the price way down for this cosmetic defect.
Video demonstration: http://youtu.be/tXrpxjtHD-4
If you've been looking for a uke that nobody else on your block has, this is your chance! Asking $175 NOW $99 (I paid over $400, but I realize for something this odd I won't make that back), plus shipping to you in the US or Canada.
Back in 20009 on a whim I emailed Waverly Street ukuleles to look into getting a diatonically-fretted ukulele, what is known as a kabosy in Madagascar. He made me a nice custom one with Gotoh tuners, based on plans from the Guild of American Luthiers.
This kabosy is tuned to an open-C chord, 17" (tenor-length) neck, and the partial frets are specifically made so that only notes in the C-scale can be fretted. One really cool aspect of this is that if you barre-chord across it, you'll automatically get chords relative to C, like if you bar at the A portion the chord will automatically be Am instead of Amaj. So it's like a uke that always plays in key.
It's a really neat oddity, and well-made, but I may be moving overseas soon and I'm trimming down to the bare musical essentials. It's in good condition except for a small split in the soundboard grain due to the soundhole having a point into the grain. It stops at the soundhole and has been stable for years, but I'm knocking the price way down for this cosmetic defect.
Video demonstration: http://youtu.be/tXrpxjtHD-4
If you've been looking for a uke that nobody else on your block has, this is your chance! Asking $175 NOW $99 (I paid over $400, but I realize for something this odd I won't make that back), plus shipping to you in the US or Canada.
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