VINTAGE BANJO UKE UKULELE WITH FRESH SET UP GREAT TONE & PLAYER

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VINTAGE BANJO UKE UKULELE WITH FRESH SET UP GREAT TONE & PLAYER
WE OFFER A 3 DAY RETURN POLICY WITH THE BUYER PAYING FOR RETURN SHIPPING...USA SHIPPING ONLY...
Please see our other auctions this week and over the next few months for more musical instruments, accessories and parts. Thank you.
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***THIS IS ONE MORE OF THE MANY VINTAGE STRINGED INSTRUMENTS FROM A COLLECTOR/HOARDER/PLAYER THAT WE HAVE BEEN SELLING...ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY SET UP, IN READY TO PLAY CONDITION***
...THIS IS A USA MADE BANJO UKE IN SOPRANO SCALE LENGTH, CIRCA EARLY 1920'S...THE POT IS FINE WITH A VERY NICE HEAVY DUTY TENSION HOOP...IT APPEARS THAT ALL OF THE SHOES, HOOKS AND NUTS ARE THE ORIGINALS...AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT SHOWS SOME AGE DINGS, ETC., AS IT CLOSES IN ON 100 YEARS OLD...THIS ONE WAS ALL CLEANED AND SET UP NOT TOO LONG AGO...IT'S A VERY NICE PLAYER...THE STRINGS ARE BRAND NEW LA BELLA BRAND, AND A BIT TOO LIGHT GAUGE FOR THIS INSTRUMENT IN MY OPINION...THE BRIDGE, TUNERS, NUT AND TAILPIECE ARE NEWER... THE FRETS HAVE BEEN SET, LEVELED, CROWNED AND POLISHED A FEW MONTHS AGO...AS YOU CAN SEE, IT HAS THE BETTER QUALITY REPRODUCTION TUNERS (see the ding under the first string tuner)... THE NEWER TAILPIECE IS THE SAME AS SEVERAL THAT WE HAVE HAD FROM THIS LOT...EITHER SECONDARY MARKET OR HE HAD THEM MADE... IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL NATURAL SKIN HEAD...
THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT WILL BE AFFECTED BY SWINGS IN HUMIDITY, AS THE NATURAL SKIN WILL TIGHTEN OR LOOSEN, ALSO THE TUNERS WILL REQUIRE THAT THE SCREWS BE TIGHTENED IF THE TUNER BECOMES LOOSE OVER TIME...THE HEADSTOCK HAS OVERLAY PLATES OF MAHOGANY BOTH FRONT AND BACK...I CAN'T IMAGINE A BROKEN HEADSTOCK FOR THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT, AND NO SPLIT LINES ARE ON THE EDGES, SO COMBINED WITH THE SIZE OF THE POT AND THE NEWER TAILPIECE, NUT AND BRIDGE, MY GUESS IS THIS IS POSSIBLY A BANJO MANDOLIN CONVERSION...THE VERY TOP OF THE HEADSTOCK REMOVED, WITH THE EXTRA HOLES UNDER THE PLATES PLUGGED...IF SO, THE TOP PIECE MOST LIKELY HAD THE MAKERS NAME OR STAMP ON IT...OR IT COULD JUST BE A BANJO UKE THAT HAD WORK DONE TO THE HEADSTOCK FOR SOME OTHER REASON...
IT DOES PLAY AND SOUND GREAT, EVEN IF JUST A BIT TOO MELLOW (my opinion) WITH THE LIGHT GAUGE STRINGS, IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER WITH HEAVIER STRINGS...
THERE WAS NO CASE WITH IT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FIT IT PROPERLY, IF I CAN FIND SOMETHING, I'LL ADD IT AT NO COST... IF NOT... IT WILL BE HEAVY DUTY BUBBLE WRAPPED AND STYROFOAM AND MASONITE PANEL PACKED BEFORE BOXING.
You are bidding only on the item (s) as shown in the auction. Please see all of the photos, and read about the shipping below... Thank you... LOT 389.
SHIPPING...WE OFFER A 3 DAY RETURN POLICY WITH THE BUYER PAYING FOR RETURN SHIPPING.........SHIPPING...........SHOULD BE CALCULATED UNLESS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE..........
IF IT'S MORE THAN OUR ACTUAL COSTS,
YOU WILL RECEIVE A REFUND ON THE DIFFERENCE...
BEEN DOING IT THIS WAY FOR OVER 22 YEARS ON EBAY AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN HAPPY WITH IT...
YOU ONLY PAY WHAT IT COSTS US...
***IF THERE IS A SHIPPING MARKUP, IT COVERS THE ADDITIONAL COST OF INSURANCE***YOU ONLY PAY WHAT IT COSTS US...
FOR GUITARS, BANJOS AND SIMILAR, WE USE NEW, HEAVY DUTY GUITAR BOXES, WELL PADDED...ALL INSTRUMENTS ARE WRAPPED AND PADDED FOR SHIPPING...WE USE USPS PRIORITY MAIL...THEY HAVE NEVER DAMAGED AN INSTRUMENT WE HAVE SHIPPED...COSTS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WELL WORTH IT !...
WE WILL COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS WE HAVE ON EBAY.
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