FOR SALE - UKULELES

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VEHICLE NUMBER PLATE ‘843 UKE’ FOR SALE. The vehicle number plate 843 UKE is for sale. For further details and for a direct contact with the vendor please telephone me on 01691 828850, or email me at theukuleleman.com@gmail.com.

C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 5K SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1928). Immaculate, in totally original condition,& with no splits cracks or repairs. Complete with its original hard shaped case. £8,500. SOLD

C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 1K SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1920). Just Arrived. This is a wonderful example of a very early Koa wood Martin soprano ukulele with Rosewood binding around the top and bottom of the body and still with its original canvas case (Koa wood is a Hawaiian species of mahogany perfectly suited to making ukuleles). Unlike the vast majority of similar vintage Martin ukuleles, this example is genuinely very rare because it has no splits or repairs. There is a tiny line in the grain on the back which is either just a scratch in the varnish or the tiniest beginning of a little crack, but it should be noted that there have been no internal repairs to the instrument and the mark cannot be seen from the inside of the body. With a mahogany neck and a Koa wood body, it still has its wooden ‘push through’ tuning pegs and it has the C. F. Martin & Co. stamp on the back of the peghead and inside the body beneath the sound hole. The bridge is of an early style and there is no wear to the string slots or the string mounting holes. The neck is dead straight and the frets and the rosewood fingerboard has some slight playing wear on the first two or three playing positions - but these look far worse on the photographs than they do in real life! This ukulele shows barely any evidence of playing wear on the body, and as a further bonus it comes complete with its original and very early style canvas case. The sound it produces is wonderful.  £1,250.

C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 2M SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1948). Just Arrived. This is another little gem and a great example of a vintage Martin Style 2M soprano ukulele. Made of Brazilian Mahogany throughout it still has its original friction tuning pegs with white plastic thumb-grips and it has the C. F. Martin & Co. transfer on the top of the peghead together with the stamp inside the body under the soundhole. It also has ivoroid binding around the top and the bottom of the body, the bridge is as new with no wear to the string slots or the string mounting  holes, the Mahogany neck is dead straight and the frets and fingerboard are unblemished. There is some playing wear on the top of the body and an few minor marks elsewhere, but it has no splits, cracks or repairs, and the sound it makes is superb. It comes complete with its original hard shaped case. £1,250.

LA FOLEY SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1926). It may be as plain as a pikestaff and with minimal decoration, but the sound that this little ukulele makes, though quiet, is absolutely gorgeous. The pre-war instrument maker Jack Abbott (/Snr.) said that if he ever bought an instrument made by anyone other than himself he would choose one made by George la Foley, whose instruments he held in the highest regard. This uke is in completely original and un-refinished condition and is fitted with a very old set of thin plain nylon strings. It has had an extremely good professional repair to a top rear corner of the body (it shows up as lighter coloured wood) but apart from that it has no splits or cracks. Straight neck with no wear to the frets or the fingerboard. Original black tuning pegs in excellent condition. Small inlaid position dots at the fifth, seventh and tenth frets. Inlaid cream binding around the soundhole. Original bridge. Unusually, it comes complete with its original black hard shaped case with red lining and an internal pocket and lid. The old leather handle on the case has broken but there is a similar new leather case handle inside the case. £295.

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