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cogar

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2013, 06:31:59 am »
looking at this one found by his nibs...makes yours seem like a poor relation...value for yours ..i,d say, possibly $30...or $40 with a Hurricane pushing it along... ;D
I make no excuses,and no apologies....but i like a good Malt,

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2013, 06:34:45 am »
There you go !!  Cogar got it !!

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2013, 06:55:29 am »
thank you cogar and all

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2013, 11:18:40 am »
just got off the phone with the guitar for kids company, was told their company put their name on it so for that reason this wasnt theirs.  Was told there are many companies that make them, mine could be older or at least vintage.

cogar

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2013, 12:24:10 pm »
I think the children's size of these is far more common than children's guitars.

 

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2013, 12:55:20 pm »
whatever its name, its common ...  just not to me.  thanks cogar.

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2013, 01:56:18 pm »
There you go !!  Cogar got it !!
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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2013, 08:01:31 pm »
I used to see numbers of guitars made in this (cheapo) fashion , primarily for sale to tourists while in Mexico , and could be picked up for around $8 , if one had good bargaining skills ... handmade , though .

The tuning pegs are indeed what a person might expect to find on an instrument such as a uke' , not on any guitar !

Your little item is not much use as a real instrument (sorry 'bout that) , but is an o.k. item for a prop , or to be tuned to a chord that 'sounds alright' & given to a child to bang away on (I've been a guitarist for better than 5 decades) , sugarcube5419 !

Often these items are constructed from plywood , cedar &/or whatever is laying around & then 'colorized' &/or 'wood-grained' & given a clear coat or two of varnish or shellac .
Some are even strung with fishing-line monofilament .
The 'sticker' around the soundhole is normally an inlayed wood/plastic/etc. pattern , even in cheap guitars (if that's any clue to you) .


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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2013, 08:13:32 pm »
wow thanks fancy--

wealth of information there, first being 5 decades?!! you have played the guitar...beautiful instrument -- my little doo dad is an insult to the real thing. 

appreciate the help

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #25 on: October 22, 2013, 08:15:54 pm »
Wish I coulda told you it was worth a mint , sugarcube5419 !
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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #26 on: October 22, 2013, 08:21:21 pm »
Wish I coulda told you it was worth a mint , sugarcube5419 !

We have all wished the same thing more than once !!

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Re: unsigned ukulele
« Reply #27 on: October 22, 2013, 08:26:10 pm »
Ain't it the truth !
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