hammer40
Well-known member
I was wondering if there is an acceptable amount of neck bow in a new ukulele. Should it always be absolutely straight, or will you have some bow now and then, even on mid to high priced ukes? If holding a straight edge against the frets, what would be an unacceptable amount of them to not be touching that edge?
I ask this because I bought a mid priced (500.00) uke, that supposedly had a set up done to it before being shipped out. When I sight down the neck I see that on the left (A) side, just a tad more than on the right (G) side (slight twist I guess), I can see just little bit of a bow. When a lay a straight edge on the frets from the 4th to the 10th, they don't touch it. It's only off by about 1/100th of an inch, and that is just a guess since I can't measure it. There is no truss rod or a carbon fiber reinforcement rod on this uke.
So what do you think? Am I being to picky? This is only my second instrument, my first (Pono) is straight.
I ask this because I bought a mid priced (500.00) uke, that supposedly had a set up done to it before being shipped out. When I sight down the neck I see that on the left (A) side, just a tad more than on the right (G) side (slight twist I guess), I can see just little bit of a bow. When a lay a straight edge on the frets from the 4th to the 10th, they don't touch it. It's only off by about 1/100th of an inch, and that is just a guess since I can't measure it. There is no truss rod or a carbon fiber reinforcement rod on this uke.
So what do you think? Am I being to picky? This is only my second instrument, my first (Pono) is straight.