strongergodzilla
Active member
I got my pono today from MGM on ebay, and this thing is great! very warm, balanced, and harmonics jump out of this thing. It came with ko'olau golds low g, and I purchased a pack of all nylon ko'olau golds to replace them with (i dont like wound strings).
so I take off the two wounds, swap on the two plains...problem
the nut slot for the C string is too small to accommodate the larger diameter C string. the wound C is only .036 while the plain C is a hefty .040 and now the string sits on top of the slot because it doesnt fit. I went to the local shop and the owner let me use his nut files and I widened it up a bit, it sits now normally, but i might have to open it up a bit more, it might be a touch snug.
did anyone else go through this? any quick fix anyone can through out. I dont want to royally screw up the nut, but its a pretty basic procedure, I think I can handle it ok. Also, realizing how big the slots are, is there any problem using strings like Worths, which are all pretty small in comparison (.032 being the biggest gauge in a tenor set i think)?
Other than that, its a beautiful uke, couldnt be more happy! video to come!
so I take off the two wounds, swap on the two plains...problem
the nut slot for the C string is too small to accommodate the larger diameter C string. the wound C is only .036 while the plain C is a hefty .040 and now the string sits on top of the slot because it doesnt fit. I went to the local shop and the owner let me use his nut files and I widened it up a bit, it sits now normally, but i might have to open it up a bit more, it might be a touch snug.
did anyone else go through this? any quick fix anyone can through out. I dont want to royally screw up the nut, but its a pretty basic procedure, I think I can handle it ok. Also, realizing how big the slots are, is there any problem using strings like Worths, which are all pretty small in comparison (.032 being the biggest gauge in a tenor set i think)?
Other than that, its a beautiful uke, couldnt be more happy! video to come!