Ian Boys
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You know that uke that you used to love like nothing else... the one that you spent countless hours strumming away on... the one that got you started on the ukulele..... the piece of crap that was replaced by your second uke and then became nothing but a decoration?
Well... maybe not everyone has one like that... but I have an old 'Lark' brand ukulele that was what drew me into the ukulele... but started falling apart with use until it was no longer playable. I proceeded to buy myself a nicer uke, and have been happy with it (and all the others that have happened to stumble upon my doorstep in the night... I've had to be nice and let the poor things in... give them a home...)
Anyhow... back to that old piece of firewood....
I have just about reincarnated mine.... lowering the action, filing the frets, reattaching the bridge (which came off when I tuned up to ADF#B tuning... pretty sad, yes), and fixed the pegs (all but the E string... I need to do some more work on that one).
Anyhow, I was wondering if there is anyone who has had a similar experience fixing up a uke... if there's anyone who wants help or suggestions for repairing something on one... or just anyone who wants to discuss anything related to any of this.
So yeah... I'll leave this open for going whichever way it ends up going...
Well... maybe not everyone has one like that... but I have an old 'Lark' brand ukulele that was what drew me into the ukulele... but started falling apart with use until it was no longer playable. I proceeded to buy myself a nicer uke, and have been happy with it (and all the others that have happened to stumble upon my doorstep in the night... I've had to be nice and let the poor things in... give them a home...)
Anyhow... back to that old piece of firewood....
I have just about reincarnated mine.... lowering the action, filing the frets, reattaching the bridge (which came off when I tuned up to ADF#B tuning... pretty sad, yes), and fixed the pegs (all but the E string... I need to do some more work on that one).
Anyhow, I was wondering if there is anyone who has had a similar experience fixing up a uke... if there's anyone who wants help or suggestions for repairing something on one... or just anyone who wants to discuss anything related to any of this.
So yeah... I'll leave this open for going whichever way it ends up going...