Toy guitar
Alternate name(s)
- Junior guitar
- Concert ukulele
Maker
Selcol
Date1957-1960 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
ModelSkiffle Junior
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted in red and black ink on round white paper label on head, the background red, and the lettering in black and white: SKIFFLE / JUNIOR / Selcol / MADE IN / ENGLANDMarkingsPrinted in red and black ink on white paper banner-shaped label below bridge: Skiffle Junior
DescriptionStringing: four nylon (black, blue, red, and green) strings
Body: pear-shaped with two lobes in upper bouts
Soundboard: ivory Styron; overhangs sides; paper label printed in red and black ink, affixed to recessed area below strings and on lobes of upper bouts, depicting two smiling women looking at a man playing a similar junior guitar
Back: white and black marbleized Styron
Ribs: white and black marbleized Styron; integral with back
Head: white and black marbleized Styron with ivory Styron face integral with fingerboard and top
Neck: white and black marbleized Styron; integral with head and body
Heel cap: none; injection molding mark on back of neck heel
Binding: none
Fingerboard: ivory Styron; 17 frets integral with fingerboard; raised bullseye dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets
Nut: ivory Styron integral with head face and fingerboard
Bridge: ivory Styron integral with top; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: heart-shaped gray metal
Soundholes: f-holes with bracket joining wings to outside edge of soundhole at top and bottom
Lacquer: none
Endpin: white and black marbleized Styron; small; integral with body
Linings: none
Neck block: none
End block: none
Top bracing: four narrow, low thickenings extending from bridge to lower end; narrow, low diagonal thickenings on upper sides of soundholes; narrow, lower thickenings extending from central thick points on each side of upper bout of top
Back bracing: narrow, low thickenings along center line and in upper and lower bouts; quarter-circle-shaped brace rising longitudinally from center line thickening; post rising from back to top above soundholes
Other: black string tied to two lower pegs of head for attaching strap or hanging
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 580 mm (22-27/32″)
Back length at neck heel: 256 mm (9-7/8″)
Back length including upper bout lobes: 282 mm (11-3/32″)
Upper bout width: 170 mm (6-11/16″)
Waist width: 110 mm(4-9/16″)
Lower bout width: 198 mm (7-25/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 55 mm (2-7/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 55 mm (2-7/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 56 mm (2-3/16″)
Head length: 103 mm (4-1/16″)
Head width, top: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Head width, bottom: 39 mm (1-17/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 211 mm (8-9/32″)
Neck width, nut: 32 mm (1-1/4″)
Neck width, heel: 34 mm (1-11/32″)
Soundhole length: 70 mm (2-3/4″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 379 mm (14-7/8″)
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2009
Object number14443
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