wickedwahine11
Well-known member
I just picked up my uke from the Kamaka factory, where they repaired a seam separation for me. The good news is the seam looks great, and they also refinished the uke, removing a couple of scratches and getting out a bubble in the prior finish job.
It is a bit gritty and cloudy in some spots, but they told me I could just use my instrument care kit at home to get that off, or they could re-buff it for me. I'm on a neighbor island now so I will opt for trying the polish when I get home to get the grit/powder of it. Hopefully that will work.
My main question is this - though I didn't ask them to they replaced my saddle with a compensated saddle and now my intonation at the 12th fret is off by a little bit on both the g and e strings (flat on e and sharp on g). I remember seeing on UU that compensated saddles should not be used on low g ukes. In fairness to Kamaka I put some cheap reentrant strings on it when I shipped it to them (the last time they worked on my uke they replaced my low g Worths with reentrant Kamaka strings and I didn't want to lose another set).
I only have my phone for Internet (hence any typos which I apologize for) and so I can't quote old posts properly but I know there was a thread about Kamaka doing compensated saddles now. Chris Kamaka told me he switched mine and would switch it back for me when I return to Oahu in a couple of weeks.
So my questions are: is it true that you shouldn't use a compensated saddle on a low g uke? In which case, I will definitely have him swap it back. And either way, is it possible that the compensated nature of the saddle is what is leading me to be off ny a few cents at the 12th fret?
It is a bit gritty and cloudy in some spots, but they told me I could just use my instrument care kit at home to get that off, or they could re-buff it for me. I'm on a neighbor island now so I will opt for trying the polish when I get home to get the grit/powder of it. Hopefully that will work.
My main question is this - though I didn't ask them to they replaced my saddle with a compensated saddle and now my intonation at the 12th fret is off by a little bit on both the g and e strings (flat on e and sharp on g). I remember seeing on UU that compensated saddles should not be used on low g ukes. In fairness to Kamaka I put some cheap reentrant strings on it when I shipped it to them (the last time they worked on my uke they replaced my low g Worths with reentrant Kamaka strings and I didn't want to lose another set).
I only have my phone for Internet (hence any typos which I apologize for) and so I can't quote old posts properly but I know there was a thread about Kamaka doing compensated saddles now. Chris Kamaka told me he switched mine and would switch it back for me when I return to Oahu in a couple of weeks.
So my questions are: is it true that you shouldn't use a compensated saddle on a low g uke? In which case, I will definitely have him swap it back. And either way, is it possible that the compensated nature of the saddle is what is leading me to be off ny a few cents at the 12th fret?