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Location: Upper Left USA | Next week I should be receiving a Tacoma Papoose from an Ebay auction. It is an "A" scale guitar with a mandolin like voicing. I had played one before and enjoyed it. What I am getting is an A/E model made in USA some years before they went offshore, $426 with shipping.
Prior to committing to this I did my armchair market research and found this:
Papoose P1, no p/u $549 best new price. $280-$420 on ebay
Papoose P1e, with p/u $649 best new. Rare.
Papoose P12, a 12 string - couldn't locate, harder to find than an un-pierced blind date.
Breedlove, Atlas series (Korea) Passport A/E, $349 new on M123.
What's my point? These are niche instruments now but with the right exposure and quality (USA made Ovation or Adamas) and in the hands of the right Artists they could really take off! They are not travel guitars, they are instruments with a special voice.
If I can help it I will incite more people to play them.
Any Opinions? |
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| Okay, I'm incited. But I want a roundback one. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Once and fer all, Woody - they jest gots too many strings on 'em. Do yersef a favor and string one up wit 4 nylons in C tuning en a re-enterent G. Now yer talkin' ukes-ville, my boy.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dave,
Admitting you have a problem is the first step towards healing. None of us (except Slipkid) have any trouble telling you that you have a problem. Its just that you don't know you have a problem!
Just ask Ced, americanized Uke's are just wrong.
I am extending an opportunity for you to come to your senses. Try a Papoose, you'll like it. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Woody, no need to incite, I made it into the A scale camp last June with an OSP-1. I try not to sing it's praises here because this is the ovation fan club (plus I got a great deal on it); I'm sure the ovation and hamer people are aware of these instruments; because I agree, they do fill a niche. Certainly it's a niche much bigger than the mandocello, but smaller than the uke and the mando. Is that something ovation / hamer wants to target, I don't know. I'm sure eventually they'll crunch the numbers and figure if they can turn a profit on it. |
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"A" Scale Guitars: Papoose
