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This is a Selecta badged Meltrope III, it has been rebuilt with a new rubber back and gaskets, it's tuned and sounding good.

This one has the triangular needle chuck for all needles including bamboo.

Below is a video giving a sound demo.

£60 + postage

(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in HD.)

kirtley2012 wrote:This is a Selecta badged Meltrope III, it has been rebuilt with a new rubber back and gaskets, it's tuned and sounding good.

This one has the triangular needle chuck for all needles including bamboo.

Below is a video giving a sound demo.

£60 + postage

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(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in HD.)

Sorry - Nothing to do with what you are selling [sounds great BTW], but your video reminded me of my intro as a young man to this kind of music ... which was Leon Redbone - RIP - he does/did a version of this song. Like most of his work - pretty close to the original. later as an old guy I started this hobby and found lots of Jimmie Rodgers albums in the collections that came with the old beat up machines I buy to fix up, and he covered a lot of those also without much alteration from the original as well.

burke wrote:

kirtley2012 wrote:This is a Selecta badged Meltrope III, it has been rebuilt with a new rubber back and gaskets, it's tuned and sounding good.

This one has the triangular needle chuck for all needles including bamboo.

Below is a video giving a sound demo.

£60 + postage

DSC03660.JPG

DSC03659.JPG

DSC03662.JPG

(Double-click the video above or click this link to watch the video on YouTube in HD.)

Sorry - Nothing to do with what you are selling [sounds great BTW], but your video reminded me of my intro as a young man to this kind of music ... which was Leon Redbone - RIP - he does/did a version of this song. Like most of his work - pretty close to the original. later as an old guy I started this hobby and found lots of Jimmie Rodgers albums in the collections that came with the old beat up machines I buy to fix up, and he covered a lot of those also without much alteration from the original as well.

I'm a great lover of Leon Redbone too, I share some repertoire on guitar with Leon but no where near the scale, he was full of great songs, I love Jimmie Rodgers too!, Blue Yodel on Victor is a record to get someday

Drove up to Rockport Maine to see him from Nova Scotia in 2013 ... I think he retired pretty soon after. My wife took this cell phone picture.

Great memory! It now adorns my uke tune book, with the ticket stub.

But that isn't selling your soundbox ... Thanks for the indulgence and sorry for the hijack.

Price drop £55

PM sent.

SOLD. I'll take it.

You won't be sorry, these are great!

Sean