Uke republic

[jbmills07]

Just wanted to share that I bought my first uke republic ukulele a couple days ago online and it’s suppose to arrive tomorrow! I’m pretty excited about it!

Justin

[lhamilton]

Wow! Definitely exciting. Pictures expected 🙂

Linda

[Andrew]

Let’s put extra pressure on Justin. Video expected 😉

[jbmills07]

Haha absolutely! Expect to see it in my Rudolph the red nose reindeer video 🙂

[Andrew]

Sweet!

[jbmills07]

Alright! It has arrived! You requested a video, so I did a little unboxing!

[gi_gi_]

That uke is stunning.

[surferjay]

Wow that’s a good looking Uke and I love the sound combination of the mahogany and spruce.

[akukes73]

Congratulations- it’s beautiful. I’ve heard the pineapple shape is optimal for ukulele sustain and sound. Enjoy!

[jbmills07]

Thank you everyone 🙂 I look forward to using it to perform the December challenge!

[jbmills07]

So I am sad to report, that I went to play my newest ukulele recently (from uke republic) and it looked like this (see photo below) 🙁
Not sure what happened. I’m assuming the glue gave out or something? Any suggestions on what I should do?

[Andrew]

Oh wow! That’s crazy! I’d contact Mike or Ohana directly. I’m sure there’s a warranty on their instruments.

[jbmills07]

Yeah maybe I will reach out. It looks like the glue just let go, but I’m not sure if there is a deeper issue or not. I assume not, but I also assume it wouldn’t cost too much to have the bridge reattached right? Not sure if it’s worth bugging uke republic over. Unfortunately the luthier I have used in the past closed shop about 6 months ago. So I’ll have to look around for a new place. But there must be someone near me.

[surferjay]

I don’t think it will cost much to fix but the question is more why it happened…

Maybe it’s due to the way it’s stored hot/cold… I have no idea but I think that’s pretty unusual..

[jbmills07]

I don’t think it’s the location I have it. I have three other ukuleles hanging on the wall in the same room, and I’ve never had any issues with any of them. Also, the uke in question is by far my newest uke. I got it only a couple months ago. That’s why I was thinking maybe the glue simply wasn’t applied well enough or something like that.

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