The Rebel - Limited Edition Oppon-S Solid Mahogany Top And Sides Solid Spruce Back Soprano Ukulele w/Gigbag

The Rebel never cease to amaze us with the inventiveness of what comes out of their workshop in Thailand. Whenever a batch of their limited edition Q-Series models arrives it's always exciting to see what newly imagined creations lie within.

For a decade now; Rebel have produced concept instruments in extremely limited numbers. These instruments are all unique with underlying themes such as changing one wood combination or the position of a soundhole. The never ending search for improvements in the sound and feel of a ukulele is a big mission of Rebel's.

The Oppon has indeed lived up to our high expectations, taking general conventions and literally turning them upside down! Switching the traditions of combining bright spruce for the soundboard and mahogany for the back and sides, the innovators at The Rebel have re-arranged the configuration for the Oppon with beautifully rich mahogany for the front and sides with a bright, snappy and eye catching spruce back. Aesthetically, this lovely soprano ukulele doesn't stand out immediately, but once you've discovered the pleasant surprise of the spruce back it's very hard to look away.

This re-shuffling of ideas has brought us a wonderfully dynamic soprano that projects the bright tones of spruce forward through a sweet and chocolatey mahogany chamber to give us a sound we've never really heard here in the store. The Rebel haven't just switched around the top back and sides however for the Oppon. Premium features include front and back rosewood binding, an all important personal sound-port and the most beautifully grained marrango wood neck I have seen in an age!

They have still, of course, include the features we have come to know and love from The Rebel. The high gloss finish, the hard ebony head plate with The Rebel's famous geometric wooden bird logo inlayed and contrasting triangular fretboard markers tether us to the roots of what we love about The Rebel in the first place, with the new and exciting additions shining a hopeful and eagerly anticipated future for what they will dream up next.

Specification:
The Rebel ukulele Q-series 2025
Model: Oppon-S
Serial No: MAR2025001
Size: Soprano
Top and sides: Solid mahogany
Back: Solid spruce
Scale: 13-3/4”
Fretboard: Ebony 14-fret
Fret dot: Maple wood
Nut and saddle: TUSQ
​Nut width: 36.7 mm.
Nut thickness: 2.6 mm.
Neck: Marrango wood
Headplate front and back: Ebony
Headstock Rebel logo: Wood inlay
Internal bracing: Varie
Fretboard and bridge: Ebony
Fret stripe: Ebony
Sound hole size and placement: Varied
Heel cap: Rosewood
Binding front and back: Rosewood
Side sound port
Strings: Clear Fluorocarbon string set
Tuners: Gotoh Planetary tuners
Finish: Gloss
Padded gigbag included