Dear Friends,
As I mentioned in the listing, I don't know why or how the original owner did the modification.
But it still is a great ukulele and has served me very well, and will continue to serve me or someone else very well.
That someone will have to be accepting of the fact that people do things for their own reasons that we can't explain or that we don't necessarily understand.
But, in the case of this ukulele, it truly is not necessary to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Speculating on the owner's motivation or intent may be cathartic, intriguing, and/or frustrating, but it is also distracting from the fact that a very fine instrument can be acquired for much less than inferior ones by someone who can get beyond appearances to substance and simply accept it as it now is.
Some of us like body ink and piercings and jewelry; and others of us just don't understand why "somebody would do that."
Might we, perhaps, suspend the speculation and exasperation?
Be Well,
Dan