Electric ukulele




                        
Salvage pitch pine body, and salvage cherry neck. 

14” scale, tuned g c e a with a high g 

Walnut fingerboard with string ball end markers 

Strat style pickup with tone and volume controls

Strat style hardtail bridge with bone nut 

White binding, finished in orange tinted shellac 

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