I'm scratching at the door waiting for my new Tom Pocket Uke to arrive any day (it's due two days from now, at the earliest). In the meantime, I've been reading some comments about how the nut is often too high on this instrument. This sounds like something that will bug me a lot, even though I am fully aware it's a $37 toy.
I've never had a set-up on any of my three other ukes, let alone do a set-up myself. However, given the nominal price of the Tom, I am thinking that, if the nut needs to be filed a bit, I don't want to pay someone a hundred dollars or so to do it.
So...can anybody point me to the right tool, and maybe provide some tips? Can I simply use a sheet of sandpaper?
(All you hardcore luthier-types: Please go easy on me. I'm just a former drummer who took to the uke late in life, got pretty good at it fast, but knows almost nothing about the construction of stringed instruments!)
I've never had a set-up on any of my three other ukes, let alone do a set-up myself. However, given the nominal price of the Tom, I am thinking that, if the nut needs to be filed a bit, I don't want to pay someone a hundred dollars or so to do it.
So...can anybody point me to the right tool, and maybe provide some tips? Can I simply use a sheet of sandpaper?
(All you hardcore luthier-types: Please go easy on me. I'm just a former drummer who took to the uke late in life, got pretty good at it fast, but knows almost nothing about the construction of stringed instruments!)