Much to my pleasant surprise,I'm starting to be contacted by other ukulele bloggers wanting to exchange links- which of course I'm also very happy to do! I started a links page to post the banners of those who have contacted me thus far. This motivated me to design a banner logo for Flea Plucker and now it's circulating in the Ukulele cyberverse. Mahalo!
My long awaited circa 50's (?) Harmony uke arrived. (see photo above) I'm fortunate to get this fixer upper with no further damage-seller did mark it fragile all over the box,and the box arrived crushed and dented despite the labeling. The Post office also decided to delay delivery by about 4 days-I have no idea as to whether it was due to be box being in such beaten up shape or not.
The uke is a green label harmony with blonde plastic fingerboard-slight small crack on the backside too,the decal is in excellent shape and the paint has this weird rich glow about it- it was set down before the paint completely dried at the factory,so the paint bears some fabric "fingerprints" on the outer curves of the upper & lower bouts. I fell in love with the music note motif,and it was a steal- I got it at the opening bid of $9.99.
Right now I'm humidifying it with a small instrument humidifier and the uke is inside one of those plastic bags that holds two loaves of bread. A week or two of humidifying,and it should be ready for gluing & perhaps a shim or two. Right now I'm shopping for "deep throat" C clamps in shorter lengths to properly repair the cracks.
Synchronicity is working as I discovered a person who makes custom tools using a 3D printer-and I've contacted him about what I'm needing. I will let you know if the response is promising.
Keep bein' plucky!
My long awaited circa 50's (?) Harmony uke arrived. (see photo above) I'm fortunate to get this fixer upper with no further damage-seller did mark it fragile all over the box,and the box arrived crushed and dented despite the labeling. The Post office also decided to delay delivery by about 4 days-I have no idea as to whether it was due to be box being in such beaten up shape or not.
The uke is a green label harmony with blonde plastic fingerboard-slight small crack on the backside too,the decal is in excellent shape and the paint has this weird rich glow about it- it was set down before the paint completely dried at the factory,so the paint bears some fabric "fingerprints" on the outer curves of the upper & lower bouts. I fell in love with the music note motif,and it was a steal- I got it at the opening bid of $9.99.
Right now I'm humidifying it with a small instrument humidifier and the uke is inside one of those plastic bags that holds two loaves of bread. A week or two of humidifying,and it should be ready for gluing & perhaps a shim or two. Right now I'm shopping for "deep throat" C clamps in shorter lengths to properly repair the cracks.
Synchronicity is working as I discovered a person who makes custom tools using a 3D printer-and I've contacted him about what I'm needing. I will let you know if the response is promising.
Keep bein' plucky!
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