It has been a while since I posted, Life and a new kitchen kind of got in the way, but I am back and I have a new ukulele that I own, sorry I will not be giving this one away any time soon.

In a nutshell I had Jerry of Boat Paddle ukes build me one of his new 12 Frets with some upgrades. I am lucky that I live only 3.5 hours away, so taking a day trip to his shop was not a big deal, and it was worth the trip. I was able to sit down with him and Thom, of the Flea Bitten Dawgs, to talk about what I wanted and what I wanted it to sound like. Jerry showed me a ton of samples and we thumped some wood. the Spruce just rang like a bell. I also gave him my logo to put on it and left it up to him to inlay it, I had a general location, but he sized it to look good. I also really like the thumb nail fret markers on a few other ukes he had pictures of so I went with those. Beyond that I contacted Mi-Si and PegHed to get those, Jerry can get them also, I just wanted to use this opportunity to review those awesome products to and see if I could work out a deal with them on those parts.

I think I calculated the price of the uke would be around $1200 (Keep in mind the pickup alone is $350)

In the near future I will be doing 3 separate reviews for this ukulele. The Uke itself, the pickup, and the PegHed Tuners. Give me about 3 months to really play it and digest what I have done.

But expect that if you see me at a ukulele event I will have it and you are more than welcome to play it.

Specs:

Concert : 12 Fret

Tuners: PegHed with Ebony buttons

Nut & saddle: Bone and metal nut, Bone saddle

Top: Solid Sitka Spruce

Sides: Solid Walnut

Back: Solid Walnut

Neck: Walnut

String Attachment: Tied

Pickup: Mi-Si Cutless

Finish: Satin

Case: Fremont Tweed

Full Specs:

http://www.boatpaddleukuleles.com/instruments.php

Below is a gallery of the pics and two videos.

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Little video show and tellMe playing it a little