AnueNue Singer RS1M-TS Tobacco Sunburst Solid Mahogany Soprano Ukulele w/Case

aNueNue have really impressed us with this Singer RS1M-TS tobacco sunburst soprano ukulele.

They are among the elite in modern ukulele manufacturing. Often drawing on the world's top luthiers for their design - the bird series has reinvented the wheel for what a high end ukulele could be.

For the first time ever, producing a far east made ukulele that had the Hawaiian K brands looking over their shoulders. The popularity of the Moonbird over the last 7 years is undeniable, but, for every player out there that loved the sleek modernistic aesthetic design of aNueNue ukuleles, there would be someone out there that wanted something a bit more traditional. That is where these Singer ukuleles come in and they are so good it's dangerous!

The aNueNue Singer RS1M-TS is reminiscent of the acoustic guitars that have dominated the US music world and popularity for nearly 100 years. Everywhere from the Missisipi Delta blue scene to New York's Grenwich Village folk scene, even Nashville's Country music, have been awash with sunburst guitars producing beautiful music and the ukulele has had its place in those scenes along the way.

The Singer series does an absolutely perfect job of taking the nostalgic aesthetic qualities of yesteryear and placing them on instruments with impeccable build quality, modern building techniques, select high quality woods and finishing. Being mahogany it's basically the sound of the classic Martin IZ uke with the stylings of a 1930's Gibson guitar. Winner!

High end soprano ukuleles are so rare these days with the majority of premium manufacturing dedicated to tenors and baritones these days... I am going to go out on a limb and say this is the best soprano under £1000 I have ever played. It's clean, modern sounding when you strum but sweet and smokey when you fingerpick it. All rare traits from a soprano ukulele.

The sound is rich, very clean for mahogany, warm but with an impressive volume, resonance and sustain. It sounds like a vintage Martin but has that modern visual shine that would be right at home on stage with the greats of yesteryear. 

This aNueNue uke has a nut width of 37mm giving it an ultra modern feel in an old fashioned package.

Listing shows a typical example.

Specification:
Solid premium mahogany top, back and sides
Translucent tobacco sunburst colouring
High gloss finish
37mm nut width 28mm string spacing at nut
Soprano scale
Bone nut and saddle
Paddle headstock with Gotoh planetary tuners
Ebony fingerboard and bridge
Radius fingerboard
MOP inlays
Abalone rosette
Ebony binding
Premium Singer hard case British racing green
High G aNueNue blackwater fluorocarbon strings