Hey everyone!
I recently bought an old ukulele from some fella on ebay, for just £11. It's old, and tatty, but its sounds pretty good for £11! The problem i have is that it has really really really crappy friction tuners, which stay in tune for.... hmmmm... about one strum!
I know it's nothing special, and it still probably wont be anything special when I finish, but I want to clean it up. Like sand it down, recoat it and stuff.
Here are some pictures of it:
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000485.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000486.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000490.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000489.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000488.jpg
I want to replace the friction tuners with geared, and I just wanted to know how hard it is to re-drill the holes slightly bigger?
As you'll also see from the pictures, the frets are weird... lol
They're like square, because they're so old. Anything I can do? I cant even tell what they're made of.
Any other suggestions will be really helpful thanks
Joe
I recently bought an old ukulele from some fella on ebay, for just £11. It's old, and tatty, but its sounds pretty good for £11! The problem i have is that it has really really really crappy friction tuners, which stay in tune for.... hmmmm... about one strum!
I know it's nothing special, and it still probably wont be anything special when I finish, but I want to clean it up. Like sand it down, recoat it and stuff.
Here are some pictures of it:
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000485.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000486.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000490.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000489.jpg
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/JosephCotton/Ukulele/P1000488.jpg
I want to replace the friction tuners with geared, and I just wanted to know how hard it is to re-drill the holes slightly bigger?
As you'll also see from the pictures, the frets are weird... lol
They're like square, because they're so old. Anything I can do? I cant even tell what they're made of.
Any other suggestions will be really helpful thanks
Joe