1950s United-Made Electric Rubber Bridge Tenor Guitar Conversion

Overview: This cutie just sold in-shop! I'd whipped this up for use on my most recent instrumental album (click here -- also up all over streamers) and got a lot of use out of it and then put it in the shop to find its next home. I heard a fella playing it while we were banging-about on instruments in the workshop and shortly after it left in good hands. It started life as a baritone ukulele made by United (who really overbuilt these things -- I turn them into mini tenor guitars fairly often because of that) that I rubber-bridge converted into a GDAE-tuned, electrified, rubber-bridge tenor guitar.

It's all-ply and so fairly indestructible and has a friendly, lived-in look. It was really fun to double-up mandolin lines with this playing an octave lower and it works wonderfully as a backup instrument -- chords are snappy and mellow and even more "thumpy" than a normal rubber-bridge instrument because the scale is so short. 

Repairs included: I reset the neck, gave it a level/dress of the frets, modded the saddle area, added a tailpiece, fit a pickup and wiring harness, and set it up.

• Weight: 2 lbs 8 oz
• Scale length: 18 7/8"
• Nut width: 1 7/16"
• Neck shape: medium-fatter C/D
• Board radius: flat
• Depth at first fret: .87"
• Depth at seventh fret: .95"
• Body width: 10"
• Body depth: 3 3/8"
• Body wood: ply birch
• Bridge: ply birch
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: poplar
• Pickups: 1x lipstick single coil
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 42w, 32w, 24w, 13 or close to it, nickel-wound
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: narrower/lower

Condition notes: It's definitely got average wear and tear throughout -- scuffs, scratches, nicks, dings, and whatnot. The tuners, tailpiece, bridge mod, and side dots are unoriginal.

It comes with: It left with a cool hard case.

Consignor tag: NILS/JW