Show us your number one stringed instrument. The one you would choose if you could have only one. You can put more than one in the photo, but put number one on the left.

I can play the big box tenor on the left in any key, plugged or unplugged.   Center is my fave guitar, but not as versatile a player in open G.    For plugged in, nothing else makes me sound as good as the swampy.

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Thanks Uncle John.  The center one got a little out of hand.....

Pretty cool, Mr. Bellaire.  I remember you for some really cool builds.   Different too.

This concert uke is never far from reach. It's nothing special, just a really good player.
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That is nice, Rob.   My next build is going to be a concert uke.   Some parts are on the way.  No solid plans yet.   Maybe a resonator.   I play at nursing homes  a couple times a month and if it comes out a winner, I will take it there.  They like seeing different instruments.   In fact, thinking about it right now, I maybe have a better idea or what I am after.

Car copilot guit #1 fav.,great tone and playability.,,.simple and takes a beating well.,,.left in a hot car a thousand times.,.,always rediscovered "in-tune".,.,

Looks just as you said.   And the takes a beating part - that is kind of a key for me.   I want em' to be just as you described.

This threads turned out ok Uncle, a great range of classy playables, more than a few i'm jealous of, keep 'em coming guys

Yup, Darryl.   Kinda of like being a kid in the 60s  and looking at the Sears Christmas catalog.

This is Ms. Sara. She is a concert scale Ukulele made from a box that turned 100 years old this year! (while in my possession). The client brought her back by for a check up, and I was floored by how nice she really is. I offered to buy her back and he told me I couldn't afford her! 

Wayfinder, you're on a roll...well, more of a biscuit! 

Ms. Sara.   I think I am in love.  

On the down side, I am planning to build a concert sized uke soon and I liked my plan for it.  Now I see Sara and wish for a prime old wood box.  

Those are some mighty fine and fairly doable f holes too.  

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