Big Island U-MO-CTS Solid Mango Concert Ukulele.

Lovely condition with fitted hard case, barely played, two small marks on the lower side but otherwise very clean.

Lacquerd , polished finish with Abalone dot fretboard markers and headstock inlays and Koa rosetteand body binding.

Great playing and sounding concert Uke. (Many further photos below)

From the manufacturer -

Here we have an all solid Hawaiian mango concert ukulele from Big Island with a lower than expected price tag. The way they manufacture their ukuleles is very clever, giving you the best quality at the lowest possible price. Each uke is half made in Hawaii, where the wood is milled and prepared, before they are shipped to a specialist factory in Vietnam for assembly.

For so long Big Island and Pono have been the benchmark for high end ukuleles at a more affordable price point. They haven'promised on quality or consistency since 2010s. We can't all justify or afford to go up to the next price point and get a Hawaiian made ukulele and Big Island are a promise for those that want high end woods with fancy cosmetic details and high gloss finishes.

The U-MO-CTS is the 2020 incarnation of popular former model H-BI-MO-CTS and although neither will win awards for having an exciting product name; the ukuleles themselves are packed tight with features.

The solid Hawaiian mango top back and sides have some gorgeous quirks to them and you can spend hours just examining the body like it's a city map. The rosette and front and back bindings are Hawaiian koa and the rich creamy coffee brown colour of the bindings is great against the green, grey and yellow of the mango.

This concert ukulele sounds great, it has more of a sweet almost innocent pared to the koa models in the same series... It's not by any stretch a quiet ukulele but each note has an undeniable sweetness to it and a really nice soft decay to each note that makes you want to pick it up and play lullabies!

Some of the more subtle touches to this uke that you should look out for are the abalone dots, snakewood buttons on closed back geared tuners and 2020 MO-CTS models have returned to rosewood fingerboards and bridges giving the instrument a slightly softer feel than ebony.

I almost forgot to say that these e with a Big Island woodshell hardcase! What an added bonus!

Specification:
Solid Hawaiian mango top, back and sides
35mm nut width
Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Hawaiian koa front and back binding
Hawaiian koa rosette
Abalone front dots
side dots
bone nut and saddle
high gloss finish
snakewood machinehead buttons on geared tuners
Big Island hard case included
Manufactured in Vietnam

Mango wood is en excellent choice for a ukulele. Not only does it have that tropical mojo, it is also a sustainable wood, much more so than other indigenous Hawaiian species. Sound wise it is on the mellower end of the spectrum, so more like mahogany than spruce, but this makes for a very relaxed, smooth sound which lends itself more naturally to strumming than fingerpicking. It takes a low G very well.

Collection BS6 or BS7.