Edspyhill05
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Someone gave me an old Kingston baritone ukulele from the mid '60's that was somewhat mistreated. It's all laminate mahogany.
The original finish was covered with varnish, even the fingerboard. The bridge and saddle, both rosewood, were warped. I stripped the Uke and put on a new bridge.
All is well except when I tune the open strings all the frets are sharp. If I tune the notes at the first fret, open strings are flat but the frets are relatively in tune. The second saddle gives a temporary high action which has an effect on notes as I fret up,the neck.
My question is what would cause the the fretted notes to be sharp when the Uke is tuned at the nut? I aligned the new bridge so the saddle was where the old saddle was located. Do you think the original bridge/saddle was positioned incorrectly?
Ed
The original finish was covered with varnish, even the fingerboard. The bridge and saddle, both rosewood, were warped. I stripped the Uke and put on a new bridge.
All is well except when I tune the open strings all the frets are sharp. If I tune the notes at the first fret, open strings are flat but the frets are relatively in tune. The second saddle gives a temporary high action which has an effect on notes as I fret up,the neck.
My question is what would cause the the fretted notes to be sharp when the Uke is tuned at the nut? I aligned the new bridge so the saddle was where the old saddle was located. Do you think the original bridge/saddle was positioned incorrectly?
Ed