kissing
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Today, I attempted to modify some ukes for the first time.
They were some Mahalo cheapies, and I really wanted to lower the action to make them more playable.
One was a great success. I sanded the saddle down and made the action very comfortable. But I noticed that the A string was sounding mysteriously louder than the others... and I noticed that the saddle was a bit lower where the A string is. So I sanded the saddle some more to make sure the bottom is flat. Then I filed the nut groove for the A string a bit, and vwallah, I ended up with something that plays much better than before :music:
Unfortunately, my other Mahalo wasn't so lucky. I sanded the saddle down to a comfortable action, but I overdid the nut I filed the nut too much that the A string would make the whole uke sound unbalanced. Then I thought "Oh well, that's $20 down the drain".
What I'm gonna do now is buy a new Mahalo Soprano ($20) and use the saddle I sanded down for the one I stuffed up. Yay.
Anyway, have you ever tried modifying a Uke, and it all went wrong?
They were some Mahalo cheapies, and I really wanted to lower the action to make them more playable.
One was a great success. I sanded the saddle down and made the action very comfortable. But I noticed that the A string was sounding mysteriously louder than the others... and I noticed that the saddle was a bit lower where the A string is. So I sanded the saddle some more to make sure the bottom is flat. Then I filed the nut groove for the A string a bit, and vwallah, I ended up with something that plays much better than before :music:
Unfortunately, my other Mahalo wasn't so lucky. I sanded the saddle down to a comfortable action, but I overdid the nut I filed the nut too much that the A string would make the whole uke sound unbalanced. Then I thought "Oh well, that's $20 down the drain".
What I'm gonna do now is buy a new Mahalo Soprano ($20) and use the saddle I sanded down for the one I stuffed up. Yay.
Anyway, have you ever tried modifying a Uke, and it all went wrong?