FS: Pohaku Curly Koa ‘Atomic’ Baritone

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Like new “Golden Atomic” baritone from Peter Hurney is for sale. Not a mark on it. This outstanding instrument has a naturally bold, full and powerful sound with loads of sustained clarity and a rich sonorous bass; obvious qualities a good baritone should always have. Along with fantastic intonation and a solid set up for ease of playability, the “Golden Atomic” uses the new Peghed brand #844, Nickel, Ivoroid, planetary geared tuners, for reliable and fast tuning. These are very classy and work well.

Built in 2017. The body wood is a golden curly Koa from the Big Island of Hawaii which has been aged for approximately 15 years. It’s well quarter sawn and has a superb color and figure and is finished with a glossy, smooth lacquer. The flat fingerboard is Rosewood, with Maple bar fret markers with white MOP dots, side markers are white dots. The “Atomic” icon inlay on its koa headplate is white, brown and gold Mother of Pearl on a circular Birds Eye Maple background. The ‘pinless’ bridge is also Birds Eye Maple, as is the top binding. The rosette is maple-ebony-maple and the top purfling is a match ebony-maple. The neck is quarter sawn Honduran Mahogany. Peter Hurney’s work on this baritone is flawless. Peter mentioned to me that this is an “exceptional instrument”, and I must agree. Difficult to part with this uke, but slimming the collection requires difficult decisions.

The scale length is 19-inches with bone nut and an ebony saddle. The neck width is 1.43 -inches

The ukulele comes with a hardshell case. It is approx. 28” long and weighs about 29 ozs.

Here’s a sound sample in DGBE, with Aquila Nylgut strings
https://app.box.com/s/2hyc9qmcjtateovjn04in76z9fzwobjb

Pictures of the instrument: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmc6RfAs

Original listing from Peter: http://www.pohakuukulele.com/golden-atomic/

SOLD !.

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Wow, good thing I'm set on 19" baritone with my Ono or I would be tempted. :cool:
 
She's a beauty!
 
Aw man. I remember when you got this last year. It must be horrible to have to part with it. Unfortunately I have no spare money right now...
 
Great looking baritone.
 
Someone please hurry and buy this....you know you want it...so I can say, oops! too late. I live near THE LAB....so it calls to me,on many fronts, design, scale, forward thinking of the fifties, etc.
 
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