Baritone Ukulele Southern Cross 6 String

Description

The
Southern Cross
is a 6 string baritone ukulele, a fuller sound with octave bass pairs. This makes the baritone capable of sounding like the richest ukulele partly because of the sound chamber size and partly the octaves. Southern Cross can be set with octave double strings in the1st and 3
rd
, or
3rd and 4
th
positions. The recommended tuning is the EBGD(1 2 3 4) typical tuning for a 4 string baritone. The pairs are strung with the lower string hit first to give a full lower tone sound to fill out a chord and allow for single string punctuation on the bass notes. The octave pairs can be set up on the first, with a low E string, and third
in a higher octave G string, Ee B Gg D, the Sam Kamaka Jr. Liliu configuration. Or, the uke can be strung with the 3
rd
and 4
th
sings in octave pairs, E B Gg Dd, the Kimo Hussey configuration. The nut, bridge and saddle have been adjusted for both.
Specifications
:
All solid mahogany back, sides and sound board
Rosewood fretboard and bridge
Rosewood peg head overlay
Bone nut and compensated saddle
Brass frets
Nickel gear tuning pegs
Pearl inlays
Top binding
Scale 191/8 inches
Lower Bout 10 inches
Comes with case
Southern Cross Baritones
were originally manufactured by Harmony well over sixty years ago of solid Philippine mahogany. Through the years these boys have been played, sold, traded, neglected and forgotten. They have seen their share of party time and have the dings, scratches, cracks and breaks to show for it. The wood has aged producing a fine mellow sound, but they're
not
museum quality collector items. These bad boys are loud, proud, and ready to play! They have been re-glued, touched up, cleaned and polished, and they're looking for a date!
No two are the same. Most have had adjustments as required to bring the action and intonation up to serious musician's standards. They may have a few blemishes from a hard life, but they look, sound and play better than the day they came out of the factory sixty years ago.
Own a piece of Americans history; one of the few unique American instruments created over 70 years ago. If you are too young for the nostalgia, remember they make a great kids guitar, travel guitar or casual stand-in for your big six string.
Eddie Connor's basic bari design (sans cutaway) was subsequently put into production by the Vega Company of Boston, Massachusetts, sometime around 1950.
first Favilla baritones were built in the late 1940s by grandfather John. 1950, Herk was the first to author a series of instructional booklets specifically for the baritone ukulele player.
I got my baritone as a teenager in 1954. It's still my favorite -- a Harmony,