Pignose PGU-200MH Concert Ukulele - Review

This one caught my eye recently, as I've been a lover of Pignose for many years

https://www.gotaukulele.com/2018/11/pignose-pgu-200mh-concert-ukulele-review.html

Thanks for a very informative review, Barry, on this very interesting instrument! I recall that the band Chicago's guitarist, Terry Kath, was also a fan of the original little Pignose amp back in the mid-seventies; in fact he had a bunch of Pignose stickers affixed to the face of his Telecaster. Your review tells me that perhaps we still have a ways to go when it comes to perfecting the concept of a ukulele with a built-in amp and speaker-- something that you could "wander" with and have a really nice, clean, room-to-spare kind of sound. I've long been fascinated by the concept, but so far haven't been "bowled over" by what's out there.

I contacted Pignose here in the US today following your review, and was shocked to receive an answer on a Sunday! They don’t carry these in the US. I asked that if they change their minds, that they let me know.

I have a couple of novelty ukuleles, but this seems like a great practice ukulele for the evenings when everyone else is in bed at our home.

I read the review because this post caught my attention. Not long ago I was looking at the Pignose bass with the same built in amp system that I thought I would use for the hospital gigs we do roaming from room to room, but it was longer scale than I like, so I bought the guitar version and converted it to a bass. I discovered the same problem the reviewer had, the amp was not powerful enough and the tone was poor, so much so that I ended up having the guts taken out and covering the cavities with pickguards. It actually turned out to be a very nice little bass guitar.

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Wow! That is very cool! Great-looking color!

I adore that bass!

Choirguy said:

I contacted Pignose here in the US today following your review, and was shocked to receive an answer on a Sunday! They don’t carry these in the US. I asked that if they change their minds, that they let me know.

I have a couple of novelty ukuleles, but this seems like a great practice ukulele for the evenings when everyone else is in bed at our home.

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It's a very new release and I think Aria are still working out their distribution. I HAVE however seen them on those Global stores (Rakuten?)