Mahogany solid body and neck construction with 15” scale length. Satin Vintage Red.

Please Note: This one has a small ding on the back (photographed with a 1p coin, for size indication) and a small number of tiny dust pimples in the finish so it’s offered at the clearance price of £399.00 instead of £545.00. A bargain price for a UK handmade instrument.

This ‘Swift’ model has an extra wide body, for improved balance and component spacing. The fretboard width at the nut is 36mm, for a little more finger room. The bridge is carved from solid brass with a wide, acoustic-like, string spacing of 39mm, G to A. Most electric ukes have a narrow electric guitar like string spacing.

Unlike most HiGuitarsUK instruments, this one has an opaque open-grain satin finish to the body. Although this is an open-grain finish it is sufficient that only a little of the wood grain pattern is visible. Like most opaque satin finished instruments, the finish is likely to achieve a worn in look with long term use. The usual multi-layer oil finish has been applied and worked into the neck.

The combination of a mahogany body and neck combined with a Tonerider Hot Classics pickup helps to create a great sounding, but simple to use, instrument. While a broader than usual sweep on the tone control adds to versatility. The vintage influenced styling, satin finish and quality chromed hardware combine to give a classy vintage yet modern vibe.

The 15" (381mm) scale length will work well with the top 4 strings from a set of D'Addario EXL115W electric guitar 11s with a wound 3rd, tuned G-C-E-A with a low G. The gauges used are also easily individually purchasable online via eBay, etc.

Body & Neck: Single piece mahogany thru-neck with 2 lightweight mahogany wings. Adjustment free low profile carbon fibre neck rod, for long term stability.

Fretboard: Hyedua with high grade 7mm white abalone shell fretboard dots. Slightly oversize 2.5mm side dots (for better visibility). Fretted with high grade hard American fretwire for longer fret life.

Electrics: Tonerider Hot Classics pickup, volume and tone controls

Neck width at nut: 36mm

Neck depth at 1st fret: 19mm

Neck depth at 9th fret: 19.75mm

Top nut: Bone (not reconstituted)

Bridge: One-piece, all brass, high mass bridge for good sustain. With a brushed finish

Tuners: Sealed gear (quality Korean made)

Hardware: Quality chrome plated

Total length: 612mm

Body width: 218mm

Body thickness: 38mm

Weight: 1.1kg

Strings: D'Addario electric

This ‘Swift’ has been a good fit in most of the padded concert sized ukulele bags tried.

*This is one of a small number of items offered at a reduced price in the first ever HiGuitarsUK Winter Sale. All instruments offered at advantageous Sale pricing are new one-off hand-crafted items. This pricing is not available through any listings we hold on third party platforms.