JT_Ukes
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I got me one of them First act Sponge Bob Ukuleles from Toys R us...
But the bridge was in the way wrong place for good intonation down the frets.
See where the bridge is on the pic from the box?
All the ukes at Toys r us had there bridges way near the end. I got the one i thought was closet to where it was supposed to be.
so....
I whipped out my trusty fret calculator, figured out where the saddle should lie, which was 12.5" away from the zero fret. ( or right where the picture on the box had it.)
Grabbed a wooden clothes pin, and an exact o knife, pulled out the saddle and slid in the clothes pin at the right spot.. and adjusted till the intonation was as good as it was gonna get.
see?
So... It'll never be a great sounding uke.. but at least, it is in tune!
JT
But the bridge was in the way wrong place for good intonation down the frets.
See where the bridge is on the pic from the box?
All the ukes at Toys r us had there bridges way near the end. I got the one i thought was closet to where it was supposed to be.
so....
I whipped out my trusty fret calculator, figured out where the saddle should lie, which was 12.5" away from the zero fret. ( or right where the picture on the box had it.)
Grabbed a wooden clothes pin, and an exact o knife, pulled out the saddle and slid in the clothes pin at the right spot.. and adjusted till the intonation was as good as it was gonna get.
see?
So... It'll never be a great sounding uke.. but at least, it is in tune!
JT
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