USED Pono ABSH5-PC Pro Classic Solid Acacia Baritone Ukulele with Fishman pickup

Wow, wow, wow. I love Pono Acacia instruments - they are just about the nicest looking and sounding ukes to come out of the east. This particular model from the Pro Classic range has top end features such as a slotted headstock, radiused fretboard, ebony fixtures and fitting, and abalone inlays and rosette - all of which are lovely but do not add anything to the sound - which is absolutely gorgeous!

This is down to the very carefully selected solid Asian acacia wood, which has lovely tight straight grain, which makes for a beautiful clean sound with lots of volume when required, and clarity when picked gently. Like Koa, the sound is accentuated towards the mids, which makes it a very good choice for blues playing, or accompanying vocals. It is a very good all rounder in all honesty, with nothing that it is bad at, just more prominent in the mid range than something made of mahogany.

In the hand you really have to appreciate the craftsmanship of the clever guys at Pono - it is flawlessly well made, with a very light but incredibly solid and stiff body (which is where the impressive sustain and volume come from) and the neck feels very playable and easy.

We fitted this one with a passive Fishman Pro pickup (worth £105) for the original customer a few years ago, making the total cost of the package around £1100. Since then, it has not been gigged or taken out of the house at all! There is one small mark on the top near the bridge where it looks like a string has dug in a little during a restring, and another small 10mm mark in the gloss on the back, which looks less like a scratch, and more like the finish has sunk into the grain a little. All in all, a solid 9/10 condition.

A complete winner for the gigging baritone player!

Spec:
Solid Acacia top, back and sides
Slotted headstock
Mahogany neck
Maple binding with Abalone purfling
Ebony fingerboard and bridge.
Abalone rosette
Pearl logo and position dots.
Bone nut and saddle
Grover tuning machines
Radiused fretboard
Gloss Finish
35mm nut width
Fishman Pro passive pickup with endpin jack socket
New set of Ko'olau Mahana strings
Pono woodshell hard case