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Electric tenor ukulele
Alternate name:Electric Fluke
Maker: The Magic Fluke Company
Date: 2006
Place Made:New Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Model: Fluke M22
Serial No: 7793
SignedPrinted in yellow and black black on round label with yellow border: THE MAGIC FLUKE COMPANY / It’s / a / Fluke® / [model and serial number written in black felt-tip pen] M22 7793 / 2 / NEW HARTFORD, CT USA [signed in black ink over label: Jim Beloff / [illegible]]
In raised lettering on back: THE FLUKE TM / MADE IN USA
In raised lettering on back: THE FLUKE TM / MADE IN USA
MarkingsStamped on potentiometer casings: a [enclosed in circle] / ALPHA B25K
Stamped in black in on poteniometer casings: IJ
Gold vinyl letter stickers on lower treble side of front: Ukuleles / Are The Best!
Signed in black ink on front:
Geoff- / Keep Rockin'! / [illeg.] / 3.4.06
Lil Rev 4-27-06
Geoff / With muy Aloha / John King / Somerville MA / 4/8/06
4/30 MAHALO! / [illeg.]
ALOHA - GREG FLEA + Wendy Flea!
Geoff, 4-8-06 . "Vary Your Strokes" / Joel Eckhaus
Geoff - uke rules! / [Jamenifill?] 4-29-06
Dear Geoff, / BEST WISHES + / HAPPY UKEING / 4/30/060 YOUR FRIEND / Fred / Fallin
JDV / 10/19/14
Mysterious John / 4-28-06
GOOD UKING!! / Uncle Zac
PLUCK ON Geoff! / COOL HAND UKE / 4-27-06
Much Aloha! 2006 / Uke Jackson NY Uke Fest
Geoff - / BEST O'LUCK / "Pals" Byler / 4/08/06
Stamped in black in on poteniometer casings: IJ
Gold vinyl letter stickers on lower treble side of front: Ukuleles / Are The Best!
Signed in black ink on front:
Geoff- / Keep Rockin'! / [illeg.] / 3.4.06
Lil Rev 4-27-06
Geoff / With muy Aloha / John King / Somerville MA / 4/8/06
4/30 MAHALO! / [illeg.]
ALOHA - GREG FLEA + Wendy Flea!
Geoff, 4-8-06 . "Vary Your Strokes" / Joel Eckhaus
Geoff - uke rules! / [Jamenifill?] 4-29-06
Dear Geoff, / BEST WISHES + / HAPPY UKEING / 4/30/060 YOUR FRIEND / Fred / Fallin
JDV / 10/19/14
Mysterious John / 4-28-06
GOOD UKING!! / Uncle Zac
PLUCK ON Geoff! / COOL HAND UKE / 4-27-06
Much Aloha! 2006 / Uke Jackson NY Uke Fest
Geoff - / BEST O'LUCK / "Pals" Byler / 4/08/06
DescriptionStringing: four white nylon strings
Soundboard: one-piece, laminated Australian hoop pine
Back and sides: black, injection-molded, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, back rounded into sides
Head: maple with cutaway center; integral with neck
Neck: maple; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fingerboard: rosewood ; 18 nickel-silver frets, including zero fret; white translucent plastic dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets, not including zero fret; double white translucent plastic dots behind 12th frets
Nut: black plastic
Bridge: black-painted light hardwood; black plastic saddle; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: four nickel-plated steel tension tuners with black plastic heads
Rosette: none
Finish: clear
Linings: none; series of vertical thickenings reinforcing sides
Neck block: neck extends slightly between top and black plastic reinforcement extending upward from back
End block: none
Top bracing: small spruce parallel brace with tapered ends below soundhole; small spruce A- braces with tapered ends in lower bout; dark bridgeplate, unknown material, integral with pickup
Back bracing: none
Pickup: contact pickup under bridge plate; two black brushed metal potentiometer knobs on bass side of ukuelele
Soundboard: one-piece, laminated Australian hoop pine
Back and sides: black, injection-molded, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, back rounded into sides
Head: maple with cutaway center; integral with neck
Neck: maple; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fingerboard: rosewood ; 18 nickel-silver frets, including zero fret; white translucent plastic dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets, not including zero fret; double white translucent plastic dots behind 12th frets
Nut: black plastic
Bridge: black-painted light hardwood; black plastic saddle; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: four nickel-plated steel tension tuners with black plastic heads
Rosette: none
Finish: clear
Linings: none; series of vertical thickenings reinforcing sides
Neck block: neck extends slightly between top and black plastic reinforcement extending upward from back
End block: none
Top bracing: small spruce parallel brace with tapered ends below soundhole; small spruce A- braces with tapered ends in lower bout; dark bridgeplate, unknown material, integral with pickup
Back bracing: none
Pickup: contact pickup under bridge plate; two black brushed metal potentiometer knobs on bass side of ukuelele
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 620 mm (24-13/32″)
Back length: 291 mm (11-15/32″)
Upper bout width: 48 mm (1-7/8″)
Lower bout width: 190 mm (7-15/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 48 mm (1-7/8″)
Rib height, at end block: 76 mm (3″)
Head length: 100 mm (3-15/16″)
Head width, top: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Head width, bottom: 51 mm (2″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 220 mm (8-21/32″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-15/32″)
Neck width, heel: 44 mm (1-3/4″)
Soundhole diameter: 58 mm (1-23/32″)
Vibrating string length (zero fret to bridge edge): 432 mm (17″)
Back length: 291 mm (11-15/32″)
Upper bout width: 48 mm (1-7/8″)
Lower bout width: 190 mm (7-15/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 48 mm (1-7/8″)
Rib height, at end block: 76 mm (3″)
Head length: 100 mm (3-15/16″)
Head width, top: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Head width, bottom: 51 mm (2″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 220 mm (8-21/32″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-15/32″)
Neck width, heel: 44 mm (1-3/4″)
Soundhole diameter: 58 mm (1-23/32″)
Vibrating string length (zero fret to bridge edge): 432 mm (17″)
Terms
Credit Line: Geoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2015
Not on view
Object number: 14971