I have an S1 and adore it myself. Never really understood the people who knock them. It might not be USA, and it might not be vintage, but it IS still a damn good ukulele for the money. Thankfully the Centennial get's rid of the horrible gold sticker logo on the headstock.
Jfalconc,
Where did you end up purchasing the Martin from? I am seriously considering this as my next purchase. I have a C1k and I love it but now I find myself gravitating toward a soprano.
It seems that you can order one from Elderly.
https://www.elderly.com/instruments...al-ukulele-gigbag-limited-edition-soprano.htm
Thank you. I'd seen them on Elderly but I was wondering if there were other places to order where you might get a better price.
Jfalconc,
Where did you end up purchasing the Martin from? I am seriously considering this as my next purchase. I have a C1k and I love it but now I find myself gravitating toward a soprano.
you'd think they could spring for a rosewood board, instead of morado, just to keep it authentic, .
To be honest, since the expansion of the CITES restritions that included rosewood I think you are going to see far far less of it on ukuleles and guitars any longer - just prices them out of international distribution. It might warrant a rosewood fingerboard but that limits Martin on where they can sell them.
The OX series sopranos have already had their fingerboards and bridges changed to Sipo wood (Utile / Sipo Mahogany) to remove the rosewood. Many other brands I know are going the same way - either using Morado, Sipo or Walnut for fingerboards going forward.