Elderly Instruments Latest - Ukulele http://elderly.com/list/ukuleles/new.rss en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:14:28 -0500 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:14:28 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com EC, natural finish, mahogany body and neck, 12-fret rosewood fingerboard, dot inlays, 1-7/16" nut width, 14-7/8" scale, mahogany bridge, tortoise plastic-bound body, nickel mechanical friction tuners with black plastic buttons, very clean example, on consignment, with period SSC ($1,500.00) ]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-916.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-916.htm VG-EC, all koa construction, 12 frets, inlaid markers at 5th and 7th frets, 1-5/16" nut width, 13-3/16" scale, ivoroid ornamental ring lines the soundhole, four friction tuners with black plastic buttons (washers installed under two tuners), on consignment, with modern HSC ($1,150.00) ]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-917.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-917.htm VGC except it's a toy and not really an instrument (sold AS-IS), reddish metal body with (crude) wooden neck, rough wooden tuning pegs, measures 15-1/4" total length, a cute little rolled metal toy, marked "Made in U.S.A." faintly on sticker "fingerboard" ($17.50) ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-743.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-743.htm VG-EC except needs some work (reseat, polish, and level frets, tighten head, cleanup, replace missing bridge, restring and set up etc. - sold AS-IS), 7" diameter body with alternating light and dark woods with a dark wood strip down the center of the neck/fretboard, closed back with f-holes, 5-3/8" skin head with sweet little cartoon honeybee drawn on the top, 17 frets, mechanical friction tuners with black buttons, ~2-1/8" body depth, ~13" scale (soprano), 1-1/4" nut width, very cute! ($110.00) ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-767.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-767.htm New, but a factory second due to a minor cosmetic flaw (ding on top). Concert resonator uke with 7-1/16" lower bout, 15" scale, wonderful nickel-plated brass body with etched Hawaiian scenes on front and back, etched side band and engraved accents on the top, back & sides, mahogany neck, 1-3/8" nut width, ivoroid-bound ebony fretboard meets the body at the 14th fret, diamond inlays, black peghead overlay with block "NATIONAL" inscribed in white, 6" resonator cone with sieve coverplate, includes shaped wooden hardshell case. Sweet deal that is rarely available from National. ($1850.00) ]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/NCUODLXF2.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/NCUODLXF2.htm VGC except needs work (side cracks on both sides of neck block - covering will need to be removed for repair and then reapplied - plus file fret ends, restring, setup, etc. - sold AS-IS), original faux-leopard skin covering, "Jungle Uke" leopard head decal on headstock, birch body, 13" scale, 1-5/16" nut width, mechanical friction tuners with white plastic buttons, made in Chicago, IL., very cool and extremely rare model that will look great in your own Jungle Room ($500.00) ]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-833.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-833.htm Book/CD set. 27 songs, some in more than one key. Delightful, rarely seen songs: "After You've Gone," "Some Of These Days," "'Way Down Yonder In New Orleans," "A Good Man Is Hard To Find," "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," more. Melody, lyrics, chord diagrams. Spiralbound, 62 pp. ($19.95) ]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/books/items/664-2.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/664-2.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CK25S.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CK25S.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CK35GS.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/CK35GS.htm BLACK SPARKLE - Soprano voiced, traditional wooden body with a slick glossy paint sparkle finish, round soundhole, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold-plated tuners with cream buttons, a very cool color-coordinated gigbag and an instructional DVD. Imported from Asia. Sold "AS-IS"; these tend to have numerous minor cosmetic blemishes and we do not tweek the setup. ($40.00) ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-BLACKSP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-BLACKSP.htm BLUE SPARKLE - Soprano voiced, traditional wooden body with a slick glossy paint sparkle finish, round soundhole, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold-plated tuners with cream buttons, a very cool color-coordinated gigbag and an instructional DVD. Imported from Asia. Sold "AS-IS"; these tend to have numerous minor cosmetic blemishes and we do not tweek the setup. ($40.00) ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-BLUESP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-BLUESP.htm GREEN SPARKLE - Soprano voiced, traditional wooden body with a slick glossy paint sparkle finish, round soundhole, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold-plated tuners with cream buttons, a very cool color-coordinated gigbag and an instructional DVD. Imported from Asia. Sold "AS-IS"; these tend to have numerous minor cosmetic blemishes and we do not tweek the setup. ($40.00) ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-GREENSP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-GREENSP.htm PURPLE SPARKLE - Soprano voiced, traditional wooden body with a slick glossy paint sparkle finish, round soundhole, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold-plated tuners with cream buttons, a very cool color-coordinated gigbag and an instructional DVD. Imported from Asia. Sold "AS-IS"; these tend to have numerous minor cosmetic blemishes and we do not tweek the setup. ($40.00) ]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-PURPLESP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-PURPLESP.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/books/items/158-60.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/158-60.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/books/items/158-62.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/158-62.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/books/items/158-63.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/158-63.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KAJH1.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KAJH1.htm Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KAJH3.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/KAJH3.htm PINK SPARKLE - Soprano voiced, traditional wooden body with a slick glossy paint sparkle finish, round soundhole, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, gold-plated tuners with cream buttons, a very cool color-coordinated gigbag and an instructional DVD. Imported from Asia. Sold "AS-IS"; these tend to have numerous minor cosmetic blemishes and we do not tweek the setup. ($40.00) ]]> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-PINKSP.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/MU35-PINKSP.htm EC, chrome plated metal neck and rim, 6-3/4" skin head, fluted back of neck, 17 integral frets, 1-1/4" nut, 13-1/4" scale, mechanical friction tuners, back of headstock marked "PATENT PENDING / MADE IN U.S.A.," sold AS-IS (needs clean up, new bridge, minor set up, etc.) ($225.00) ]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-852.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-852.htm VG-EC except needs work (dress frets, repair small treble side crack, reglue loose back brace ends, clean, restring and setup, etc. - sold AS-IS), solid mahogany body, mahogany neck joins body at 14th fret, 18-fret rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, natural satin finish, round soundhole, black and silver "Vega" headstock logo and Arthur Godfrey decal mostly missing, 10" lower bout, ~19-1/8" scale, 2-3/4" to 3-1/4" body depth, 1-3/8" nut width, mechanical friction tuners with white buttons ($400.00) ]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-915.htm http://elderly.com/vintage/items/180U-915.htm Banjo-uke, with 8" head, maple neck, rim, & small flat cream-bound resonator, vintage brown satin finish, rosewood fretboard (20 frets, baritone scale, 19") with dot position inlays and cream binding, guitar-style tuning pegs, chrome hardware, white Remo plastic head. Tuned DGBE (bass to treble). Shaped hardshell case. ($314.00) ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUB.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUB.htm Banjo-uke, with 8" head, maple neck, rim, & small flat cream-bound resonator, vintage brown satin finish, rosewood fretboard (18 frets, concert scale, 15-1/2") with dot position inlays and cream binding, guitar-style tuning pegs, chrome hardware, white Remo plastic head. Shaped hardshell case. ($299.00) ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUC.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUC.htm Banjo-uke, with 8" head, maple neck, rim, & small flat cream-bound resonator, vintage brown satin finish, rosewood fretboard (16 frets, soprano scale, 13-1/2") with dot position inlays and cream binding, guitar-style tuning pegs, chrome hardware, white Remo plastic head. Shaped hardshell case. ($299.00) ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUS.htm http://elderly.com/new_instruments/items/GTBUS.htm