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So, since I'm not playing soprano scale much, if at all any more, I'm getting down to some difficult sales...
This one is an EXTREMELY resonant, lightly built soprano -- Black Bear ukuleles are amazing, I have had the opportunity to play and own three of them, and if you've ever played one, you know what I'm talking about. This is the most resonant of the three I've had. It's LOUD, and sounds great -- wonderful koa soprano tone.
I purchased this one from another ukulele forum, and it has definitely been played, has some play wear, including some shininess around the sound hole. Some typical bellying (common with very lightly built sopranos), and you can see a little space under the bridge on both rear corners, but they don't move - and because this is a string-through type bridge, it never concerned me that the bridge wasn't totally stable or in any danger of pulling up.
If you need LOW action, you'd probably need a little setup work to bring it down to where you like it, but I'm not fussy about that, and it plays great as far as I'm concerned. It measures 1 3/8" at the nut.
Really nice looking koa, beautiful inlay on the headstock and fingerboard, and it's very easy to play. Fast neck.
Once you pick it up, it's hard to put down. I just haven't been picking it up since I've taken to concert scale, so time for it to go to a new home where it will be played and enjoyed.
$625, shipped, to CONUS only. Ships in the slightly beat up/underwhelming hard case pictured, mostly for protection during shipping.
This one is an EXTREMELY resonant, lightly built soprano -- Black Bear ukuleles are amazing, I have had the opportunity to play and own three of them, and if you've ever played one, you know what I'm talking about. This is the most resonant of the three I've had. It's LOUD, and sounds great -- wonderful koa soprano tone.
I purchased this one from another ukulele forum, and it has definitely been played, has some play wear, including some shininess around the sound hole. Some typical bellying (common with very lightly built sopranos), and you can see a little space under the bridge on both rear corners, but they don't move - and because this is a string-through type bridge, it never concerned me that the bridge wasn't totally stable or in any danger of pulling up.
If you need LOW action, you'd probably need a little setup work to bring it down to where you like it, but I'm not fussy about that, and it plays great as far as I'm concerned. It measures 1 3/8" at the nut.
Really nice looking koa, beautiful inlay on the headstock and fingerboard, and it's very easy to play. Fast neck.
Once you pick it up, it's hard to put down. I just haven't been picking it up since I've taken to concert scale, so time for it to go to a new home where it will be played and enjoyed.
$625, shipped, to CONUS only. Ships in the slightly beat up/underwhelming hard case pictured, mostly for protection during shipping.
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The evil UAS temptation on this forum is too real to handle sometimes. I'm just imagining the joy this is going to bring some lucky 'uke lover in the near future. GLWS!!
.. Then just pass it around. How cool with that be?!? Group buys on communal ukes!!!
