1950s Emenee Gene Autry Cowboy Guitar (Plastic Baritone Ukulele)

Overview: This is one of the cleanest examples of one of these I've seen through the shop. It's undamaged, sounds good, and looks killer. Who doesn't like a "bowling ball" finish to the back and sides? Emenee made scores and scores of these under different monikers but this one is the Gene Autry variant of it and is plasticly-western through and through.

Interesting features: While the headstock script reads "Cowboy Guitar," this instrument is really intended to be a baritone ukulele -- which is how it's strung at the moment. It's adorned with Gene's face, a steer's skull, singing cowboy, six-shooter, and the like and has a "rope" stencil at the headstock. It's slick! Also, check-out the cool embossed/stamped tuner plates...

Repairs included: I gave it a good setup -- recutting the saddle to give it better intonation, adjusting the nut, and restringing it with the string-load running under the tailpiece to add better downpressure on the saddle and give it a bit more oomph and a less-muddied sound. It's playing nice and is ready to roll

• Weight: 1 lb 12 oz
• Scale length: 20 5/8"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: fat D
• Board radius: flat
• Body width: 10 3/4"
• Body depth: 3"
• Top wood: plastic
• Back & sides wood: plastic
• Bracing type: molded
• Bridge: "floating" tailpiece load
• Fretboard: plastic
• Neck wood: plastic
• Action height at 12th fret: hair-under 3/32" overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: medium baritone ukulele (nylon) strings
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: low/small

Condition notes: It's excellent for its age and the only modifications are side dots that I added and the adjustments to the saddle. There's some wear to the paint on the figures but it's otherwise really clean.

It comes with: It has an old cardboard box with it and the "automatic chorder" gizmo.

Consignor tag: KCR