Joyful Uke
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As I struggled with a string change the other day, I remembered why I get lazy about changing strings. Sometimes, it's more of a battle than it should be.
I do OK with a tie bridge, but it takes me way too long to finally win the battle with a slotted bridge. I can make the figure-8 knot easily, but somehow have trouble convincing the knot to stay in the slot. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Any tips for making that easier?
I haven't yet tried a string through bridge change, but need to give that a try one of these days. From my good buddy Google, it looks like beads will be the way to go with that. Any recommendations? Where do you buy the beads?
Any other ideas for making any string change easier? (Aside from getting someone else to do it? LOL.) I suspect it would be easier if I wasn't just trying to balance the ukulele on my lap, for example. What do you all do to make this an easier task?
I do OK with a tie bridge, but it takes me way too long to finally win the battle with a slotted bridge. I can make the figure-8 knot easily, but somehow have trouble convincing the knot to stay in the slot. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Any tips for making that easier?
I haven't yet tried a string through bridge change, but need to give that a try one of these days. From my good buddy Google, it looks like beads will be the way to go with that. Any recommendations? Where do you buy the beads?
Any other ideas for making any string change easier? (Aside from getting someone else to do it? LOL.) I suspect it would be easier if I wasn't just trying to balance the ukulele on my lap, for example. What do you all do to make this an easier task?