No longer available Mya-Moe Banjolele, Tenor, Walnut

[hands_on_lanzon]

At the peak UAS (has it really subsided, or just changed forms?), as I was trying to get my hands on every new sound, I came across this beautiful and unique banjolele here on the Marketplace. I loved it enough, that I sprang for the shipping to get it from Australia. (Original post below. Much of this info will be 'borrowed' from there).
This banjolele has a great tone with a solid build, as you can imagine, coming from the hands of Aaron, Gordon, and Char. My uke playing has become more focused, after my initial madness. Now I mainly pick up my tenor or sometimes a soprano and even less often a concert, these days. This poor beautiful banjolele has been in a case, downstairs! Time to bring it up and play it a bit while I wait for the right buyer to DM and make it theirs. (is it you ?!). Happy hunting, folks!

SOLD

This Mya-Moe Beansprout tenor banjo uke was handmade in the USA by luthiers Aaron Keim, and Gordon and Char Mayer. The pot is made of walnut with maple edging, and it has a walnut neck and a radiused flamed maple fretboard with walnut binding. It has Mya-Moe’s signature headplate also in...

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• Made by Aaron Keim, and Gordon and Char Mayer.
• The pot is made of walnut with maple edging
• Walnut neck and a radiused flamed birdseye maple fretboard with walnut binding.
• It has Mya-Moe’s signature headplate also in walnut and maple
• The fretboard has a green leaf inlay to signify that all the timber is sustainably sourced in the USA.

As I purchased used plus paid shipping, I'm just looking to get back the uke price of $1300... I'll cover shipping to CONUS.

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[Patty]

Looking forward to those pics!

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

Looking forward to those pics!

Aha! Thanks for the nudge. I I obviously haven't been in a rush. * le sigh. And I was wondering why I was getting no bites

I'll post up some pics, but this will likely be on hold til I get back from my trip in May.

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

I photographed back on the same day, just failed to upload!

 

[Kenn2018]

Beautiful banjolele. MyaMoe makes terrific, instruments, both past and present owner/luthiers.

How does the K&K passive pickup sound? Did you have to mute the top to keep from overloading it?

 

[hands_on_lanzon]

Thanks and great question! I actually hadn't plugged in until just now, to answer your question.
I'll let the man himself provide the best answer below.


I tried this today and confirmed that it sounds great with the foam placed where Aaron suggests. I don't think it's necessarily keeping it from overloading, but just dampening a bit for a cleaner sound.

FYI, I'm outa town for the next couple months starting tomorrow (3/26), so I'm switching this thread to "No Longer Available."
It will be back on the market in late May. In the meantime, feel free to ask questions and I'll do the best I can to answer while I'm on the road.

Cheers!