Hi all sorry for yet another question...
I am making progress on my uke. Glued the first brace today on the top. Only have three small clamps so have to glue one brace at a time!
I just wondered when setting the bridge plate do people cut slots in the bridge plate to fit the lower braces or cut up the bridge support to fit in between the braces?
I had planned to have three lower braces as on the stew Mac template. But would cutting slots weaken the bridge plate. I could eliminate the middle brace and keep the bridge plate whole. What do you all do?
And do you use a reinforcement strip on the back plate. On the guitar I used off cuts if sound board but have not seen many ukes with a centre strip.
Regards
I am making progress on my uke. Glued the first brace today on the top. Only have three small clamps so have to glue one brace at a time!
I just wondered when setting the bridge plate do people cut slots in the bridge plate to fit the lower braces or cut up the bridge support to fit in between the braces?
I had planned to have three lower braces as on the stew Mac template. But would cutting slots weaken the bridge plate. I could eliminate the middle brace and keep the bridge plate whole. What do you all do?
And do you use a reinforcement strip on the back plate. On the guitar I used off cuts if sound board but have not seen many ukes with a centre strip.
Regards