jer989
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I was at my local music store the other day and decided to get a uke strap (well, actually I guess it's technically a mandolin strap, the kind that uses a strap peg on the bottom of the uke and ties around the headstock at the top).
I had been thinking about trying a strap (I have a concert Makala) just because I was having a hard time changing to some chords, and also because after playing for more than like 15 min the thumb on my fretting hand would get really sore at the joint (really frustrating).
So I grabbed my drill, installed a strap peg (turns out it's a little crooked, but not too bad for my first uke drillin') - and lo and behold - no more sore thumb - and changing chords is much easier not that I'm not holding the poor thing in a death grip.
I had been thinking about trying a strap (I have a concert Makala) just because I was having a hard time changing to some chords, and also because after playing for more than like 15 min the thumb on my fretting hand would get really sore at the joint (really frustrating).
So I grabbed my drill, installed a strap peg (turns out it's a little crooked, but not too bad for my first uke drillin') - and lo and behold - no more sore thumb - and changing chords is much easier not that I'm not holding the poor thing in a death grip.