Outstanding inlay on this beautiful guitar-style soprano ukulele originally from Bruceweiart Musical Instruments.

Guitar-Style Soprano Ukulele with detailed abalone and mother of pearl inlay. Lovely dark blue sunburst finish. Solid hand-selected mahogany sound board with abalone and mother of pearl purfling. Solid, hand-carved mahogany back and sides with superb dragon design inlays. Sraight, air-dried maple neck. Rosewood fingerboard and headboard with detailed inlay. Rosewood bridge with buffalo bone saddle. Buffalo bone nut. Carved mother of pearl tuner knobs. Black lockable hard case with plush black interior. Originally from Bruceweiart Musical Instrument Workshop. Bruceweiart has workshops in Taiwan and Vietnam.

Soprano Ukulele

The original jumping-flea-size ukulele with a scale length of approximately 13" and an overall length of around 22".

Guitar-Style

Classic original shaped Ukulele with a body shape based on the acoustic guitar. For a good introduction to Ukulele body styles see the answers.com entry for Ukulele.

Report for this particular instrument

Originally from Bruceweiart Musical Instrumet Workshop in Vietnam. Received in excellent condition. Required minor nut and bridge saddle filing. No other work needed. Fretwork excellent on this instument. Tested okay to offer for sale. Tested and setup by Dane Clarke at the workshops of MandoHarp Australia in Nambucca Heads.

About the Tester

Dane is a professional systems engineer, academic and musician who has played harmonica for over forty years. He currently plays harmonica and mandolin with a celtic/folk/blues band, Headland and a celtic/gypsy band, The Gypsy Tarts. Dane has researched and practiced instrument maintenance, repair and tuning in earnest for the last five years or so (since retiring from full-time professional work), and during this time has often been privileged to meet and learn from some of Australia's premier artists and technicians. On the qualifications side of things, Dane has undergraduate degrees in Engineering and Business, and post-graduate qualifications in Information Technology and Education. He works as a part-time academic these days and though he loves teaching computer engineering he enjoys himself much more when working on instruments and playing music!

• All solid timber construction
• Outstanding inlay in Abalone and Mother of Pearl
• Full rich tone
• Professionally setup
• Quality plush-lined hard case
• Made in Vietnam
• Free Velvet Instrument Bag and MandoHarp Polishing Cloth included
• Acoustic Instrument Suspender Straps and Acoustic Instrument Suspender Slings suitable for ukulele also available from our .com site at www.MandoHarp.com and our eBay store at stores.ebay.com.au/MandoHarp-Australia
• Clip-On Pickups suitable for ukulele are also available from our .com site at www.MandoHarp.com and our eBay store at stores.ebay.com.au/MandoHarp-Australia 
   

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Inspections, trials and pickup by prior arrangement are welcome at our workshops in Nambucca Heads, near Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast.