theobromaholic
Active member
Hi all
I recently purchased a uke online (MGM). It's a beautiful solid koa tenor. It came with crappy black strings (and a wound 3rd), which were exactly what I called them... crappy. I blamed the strings for not being able to slide on the frets. I recently replaced them with Worth Clears, and now it sings like a bird. However, as they are stretching out, I did notice that they look a bit scuffed where they meet the frets, and you may have guessed that as they stretch out and I retune, these scuffed areas start migrating out of the frets and they are more noticeable. Upon closer inspection of the frets, I noticed that they had a lot of groove marks... numerous and large enough for my naked eyes to see.
What are my options? I suppose I can smooth them out myself, but I'd rather not since I really have no experience with this sort of technique.
Or, I can also contact MGM, but I haven't really had enough contact with him for me to be comfortable calling/emailing him.
Or, I can call the uke manufacturer (KC Moore).
Thank you, and I will appreciate any comments and/or suggestions you may have.
I recently purchased a uke online (MGM). It's a beautiful solid koa tenor. It came with crappy black strings (and a wound 3rd), which were exactly what I called them... crappy. I blamed the strings for not being able to slide on the frets. I recently replaced them with Worth Clears, and now it sings like a bird. However, as they are stretching out, I did notice that they look a bit scuffed where they meet the frets, and you may have guessed that as they stretch out and I retune, these scuffed areas start migrating out of the frets and they are more noticeable. Upon closer inspection of the frets, I noticed that they had a lot of groove marks... numerous and large enough for my naked eyes to see.
What are my options? I suppose I can smooth them out myself, but I'd rather not since I really have no experience with this sort of technique.
Or, I can also contact MGM, but I haven't really had enough contact with him for me to be comfortable calling/emailing him.
Or, I can call the uke manufacturer (KC Moore).
Thank you, and I will appreciate any comments and/or suggestions you may have.
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