SuzukHammer
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When I first bought the Fluke, I loved the low action and the "lack of buzz".
I bought it from a store owner who never played it and kept it in a storefront window display.
I tuned it (put tension on the strings)
I have played it a good part of the week (humidity and evidence of skin all over the strings and fretboard (nice black color exposes everything)
and I read about some guy mentioning cutting the strings short on the back part of the bridge helped reduce buzzing
THis uke is the lowest action uke I have
1) Does humidity cause the strings to expand (larger diameter?) and cause buzzing?
2) Does skin flakes cause buzzing particularly on low action ukes?
3) Did the tension on the strings cause the cut ends to press down more on the soundboard?
4) Did my playing become more lazy with this low action setup
5) Is this low action setup too low? ( do I put a small spacer on the saddle?
Yes, I look for ways to reduce the buzzing. Buzzing seems to always make me want to play better technically; but, i have a propensity to want to bang out and jam. When I really get going, I can get my finger caught in a sting and really pull on it. oops.
6) by banging out hard on my ukes, do I deform the saddle or "loosen things up" where it starts to buzz.
I bought it from a store owner who never played it and kept it in a storefront window display.
I tuned it (put tension on the strings)
I have played it a good part of the week (humidity and evidence of skin all over the strings and fretboard (nice black color exposes everything)
and I read about some guy mentioning cutting the strings short on the back part of the bridge helped reduce buzzing
THis uke is the lowest action uke I have
1) Does humidity cause the strings to expand (larger diameter?) and cause buzzing?
2) Does skin flakes cause buzzing particularly on low action ukes?
3) Did the tension on the strings cause the cut ends to press down more on the soundboard?
4) Did my playing become more lazy with this low action setup
5) Is this low action setup too low? ( do I put a small spacer on the saddle?
Yes, I look for ways to reduce the buzzing. Buzzing seems to always make me want to play better technically; but, i have a propensity to want to bang out and jam. When I really get going, I can get my finger caught in a sting and really pull on it. oops.
6) by banging out hard on my ukes, do I deform the saddle or "loosen things up" where it starts to buzz.