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Guitar strings on ukulele - trying to grasp concept of tension I asked this earlier in uketalk subforum, but figured the luthier lounge would be more appropriate as Chuck, Kekani and other builders have used the T2 strings on their builds. I followed advice from the boards and been using the...

Trying another shot by myself this time to build a Stew Mac kit using the knowledge gained here to make this one a little better build. But I seen that a lot of build posts have talked about neck angle before setting the neck in place. Is this only for custom builds from scratch or does the...

With so many sizes of fretwire, I bought a bunch of different sizes to sample with. I am using the Jescar .080" width with .043" height for the Tenor ukes. For the Sopranos, used the same ones but its just too out of place. The frets seem way too wide for such a smaller scale. I took the...

Someone told me that MGM had them online at one time in his variety pack. But I don't see Worths on any of the 4 or 5 setters he has. I don't even see just individual Worths. MGM, you going bring more in. Local stores here don't have carry them as well.

So I ordered some Concert and Tenor strings from elderly as its cheap right now and recognized a bit of a change, I think. The concert strings are extra long now than before. Also the feel of them seem different. I didn't know at first, but then realized it doesn't squeek no more. Anyone...

My coworker got one of those Stew Mac kits and we are at the point of dressing the frets. But we need advice on the fretwork. 1) What is the ideal height of the frets off the fretboard. Can I just level them out. Or is their an ideal height of say .045" off the fingerboard? We don't want...

Is the Worth's BT or CT better for Tenors. And how does it compare to Aquila's as that is what I am using now.

I am in a quandry right now. My son loves his action low and I like mine a little higher. I was told I was heavy handed and have bad technique, but that may be cuz of my age and arthiritis. Wanted to get a feel for what others think and if they had this problem too when first learning. I...

I did my own action months ago with low action but I don't really like it. Oddly, I like it higher than what my son does. But as I went with a higher action, the uke now buzzes. How in the world is this possible. I guess this is where high school geometry will come into play, but I was...

I changed my nut on my Tenor and now it plays pretty bad. When played open or fretting, the C string seems to dominate with an echo and masks the other strings sound. I used Aquila's, Worths, Dandarrio's and all make that sound. It a real nuisance as my ears can't take it and my kids don't...

Stew Mac has 4 different nut files sets, 2 sided files. I was looking at some sizes comparing the file size to string sizes and was wondering do I need all 4 files if I am only going to work my own ukes. I probably will only be using Aquila's and Worths so I wanted to ask if this is alright...

I was trying to figure out if I need to take my uke to a luthier to have it prepped for Low G tuning. I read the boards and it seems that the Low G is thicker than the high G. So would I need to pay someone to mod the nut slot and saddle slot? This is for my Kala. I was planning on getting...

For solid wood ukes is there a noticable difference in tone for different woods?

Sup everyone, Well I decided to take a try at the uke with my son. But so far, he is progressing faster than me. One thing I have a problem on is fingering the chords, guess I'm not relaxed enough. How long on average does it take to feel comfortable? I think the UAS is starting as I...