The bridge/saddle on my Kala Tenor just popped off yesterday evening. It appears the glue just gave way. The bridge ended up snapping in half as it came undone from the body. Upon examining the piece, it appears the Kala bridge has a weak center made this way for cosmetic appearances. Other uke bridges seem to be one solid flat piece as the Kala bridge is beveled.
Has anyone repaired a broken bridge before? I am guessing that its not worth trying to salvage the bridge as it probably won't hold together with the tension from the strings. I suppose I should just toss it and order a replacement bridge?
My Kala is pretty inexpensive so perhaps this is just a loss and not worth trying to fix. Anyway, would like to know if anyone else had this problem and what they did.
To be honest, I was thinking of getting a new uke anyway. Maybe one of those Mainland uke's everyone has been raving about lately.
Ugh. For the meantime, I'm just strumming away on my cheap $20 soprano uke that goes out of tune after every song I play. Sigh.
Has anyone repaired a broken bridge before? I am guessing that its not worth trying to salvage the bridge as it probably won't hold together with the tension from the strings. I suppose I should just toss it and order a replacement bridge?
My Kala is pretty inexpensive so perhaps this is just a loss and not worth trying to fix. Anyway, would like to know if anyone else had this problem and what they did.
To be honest, I was thinking of getting a new uke anyway. Maybe one of those Mainland uke's everyone has been raving about lately.
Ugh. For the meantime, I'm just strumming away on my cheap $20 soprano uke that goes out of tune after every song I play. Sigh.