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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Washburn
EAN: 0801128501581
Label: Washburn
Manufacturer: Washburn
Model: OU5
Publisher: Washburn
Studio: Washburn

Features:

• Hawaiian Koa body and top
• Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
• Bound top, back and fingerboard
• Chrome tuners
• Abalone binding and rosette on top

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The OU5 Ukelele features Hawaiian Koa top, Hawaiian Koa back and sides, Abalone top inlay, Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and Grover tuners. Great instrument overall!




Rating: - Awesome Ukulele
One night I'm watching Joe Versus the Volcano... and Joe is afloat on his steamer trunks playing the Cowboy Song on his ukulele... and it hits me: I want to learn to play the ukulele just so I can play that song! I've played guitar casually for many years, but I had no clue about the guitar's little cousin. I knew that I wanted something better than a toy ukulele, but also knew I had no plans to play this professionally. After looking around online, I decided to order the OU-5 Oscar Schmidt by Washburn ... Read More

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Rating: - Extremely misleading
Just a warning. If you think you are going to get a Washburn ukulele from Amazon, you will not. As in my case, you will recieve an OSCAR SCHMIDT ukulele by Washburn. a nice ukulele but you could get it for only $99. I got very little empathy when I voiced the issue with Amazon directly. Maybe I should have caught on when there was no picture available for this item.

MW

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Rating: - Simply Amazing
I can hardly be considered a musician and playing the ukulele is only a pastime involving some enjoyable minutes of strumming through a few cords, but I must say a few words about the Washburn (Oscar Schmidt) OU-5 ukulele I just bought from Amazon.com.

My previous ukulele was a nice low end soprano box that served me well for several years. It looked OK, it stayed in tune and sounded fine to me. However, I wanted something a bit better and the concert sized OU-5 caught my eye. I researched ... Read More

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Rating: - Husband LOVES it!
I bought my husband this uke for Christmas,2006, and he absolutely LOVES it! The abalone inlay around the edge is very attractive. He did have to keep retuning it every so often, as the strings stretched, but now it's just fine. He just has to "tweek it" once in a while.

I had looked at a simalar uke at our local guitar center, but they wanted $149 and that was without the abalone inlay. My husband and I both agree it was a "super buy'!

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