Electric tenor ukulele
Maker
Stringnet (HK) Co., Ltd
Trade Name
BugsGear
Date2007-2010 ca.
Place MadeXiamen, Fujian, China
ModelBugsGear EleUke TC100-PHP
Serial No.None
SignedGold spray paint stencil on head: Eleuke / [decorative foliate design]Printed paper label on back of head, partially removed: TC100-PHP / MADE IN CHINAMarkingsIn raised lettering on battery panel on back of instrument: OPEN / 8V BATTERYDescriptionDesigned by Philip Kwak, a veteran of the major Korean instrument manufacturer Samick, the Bugsgear EleUke is an elegant hardwood, solidbody interpretation of the famous Hawaiian instrument, with a piezoelectric pickup mounted under the bridge. Bugsgear was founded in 2007 in Japan, where the ukulele is very popular, but later the company moved to China, where the instruments are made.
Stringing: four nylon strings
Pickups: one piezo pickup with black plastic volume and tone knobs with white painted lines indicating position
Body: mahogany; with cutaway in treble bout; body cut out on both treble and bass side; black plastic electronics port cover on back and black plastic cartridge for 9V battery
Head and neck: mahogany; integral with body
Binding: none
Fretboard: rosewood; 20 nickel-silver frets; single abalone dots behind 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 15th frets; double abalone dots behind 12nd fret; ivory plastic side dots behind 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 15th frets; double ivory plastic side dots behind 12th fret
Nut: rosewood
Bridge: rosewood tie bridge with angled rosewood saddle; two mother-of-pearl dots on tie
Tuners: four enclosed chrome-plated steel worm-gear tuners with chrome-plated steel heads
Strap buttons: chrome plated steel on upper back; chrome plated steel combined 1/8" jack plug and end pin
Finish: matte, dark brown on body, dark red-brown and opaque on neck and sides
Jack plug: chrome plated steel combined 1/8" jack plug and end pin; 1/16" jack plug to bass side of 1/8" plugDimensionsTotal electric tenor ukulele length: 642 mm
Back length: 251 mm
Upper bout width: 145 mm
Waist width: 127 mm
Lower bout width: 188 mm
Side height (including edging) at heel: 27 mm
Side height, at center: 26 mm
Side height, at end: 26 mm
Head length: 131 mm
Head width, top: 56 mm
Head width, bottom: 53 mm
Neck length (nut to body): 254 mm
Neck width, nut: 35 mm
Neck width, body joint: 42 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 433 mm at high string; 434 mm at low string
Scale length: 434 mmProvenancePurchased new by the donor.
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2023
Object number15567
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