Thanks for a very interesting post and well done.... I question myself all the time about this pursuit of the shiny uke, but gosh darnit, it gives me...
My neck block is 2 7/16 inches tall and my tail block is 2 5/8 tall so that there is a 3/32 difference giving the sides just a little less than a 1/4...
I'm going to go out on even thinner ice and say that yes the bridge does store energy and release it. Not unlike a capacitor in an electrical circuit...
Sorry, I'm stupid sometimes: What is a solera?... That is a gonna be one tight bend with solid wood. I would never attempt it actually. Failure City....
Yes, as a hobbyist builder, the neck is the most time consuming and anxious part of the process. Why? Because I don't do a lot of it. If I made necks...