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Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa
FYI they're making them again. at one-third the price of the vintage piece - still not cheap, but if you're a serious uke player you're in the equivalent of Collings/Goodall/Santa Cruz/Lowden guitar territory...
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Thanks, I knew they were making ukes again but didn't know they'd revived the 5K. The new ones look real good too. Of course, vintage is always in demand, and there's something appealing about the absolute pinnacle Holy Grail version of an instrument topping out at a relatively mere 15,000. Still, when it comes to ukuleles, great sounding as they can be, the 5K, and these as well
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Originally Posted by J Patrick
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may not be worth that kind of money, entirely, for their
musical superiority. As an example of fine woodworking, almost as a piece of jewelry in the case of a soprano uke, though ...
Then again, here's a vintage 5K in the hands of the great James Hill ... not too shabby sounding ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aplpy1t0Dks