re-stringin' Uke, problem with A string

jinsk90 · Dec 8, 2008

Hello,
I was trying to re-string my uke over the weekend and I was having problems with the A-String. Its one of the saddles where you put in a knotted string. When I was tuning up the string, the knot kept poppin out of the saddle. I'm guessing the knot is too small; is the best way to create a double knot?

Thanks.

Dibblet · Dec 8, 2008

I use a figure of 8 knot like this.

http://www.animatedknots.com/fig8boating/index.php

I don't know if it's the best but it's what sailors put in the ends of ropes to stop the ends slipping through things. Essentially the same job.

Looking around that site I found - maybe this is superior

http://www.animatedknots.com/stopper/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

ukudele · Dec 10, 2008

Dibblet said:
I use a figure of 8 knot like this.

http://www.animatedknots.com/fig8boating/index.php

I don't know if it's the best but it's what sailors put in the ends of ropes to stop the ends slipping through things. Essentially the same job.

Looking around that site I found - maybe this is superior

http://www.animatedknots.com/stopper/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

Ha! your genius. I have had the same problem. Just the other night that ol thin string did my forearm a dance.

Hobgoblin Steve · Dec 10, 2008

yeah double knot will work fine, I did that the first time I restrung my tenor, and it never popped off.

for future reference however, use the fig8

ukulele_Freak · Dec 11, 2008

I usually string it the way you would string a classical guitar. http://www.stormthecastle.com/classical_guitar/classical_guitar_string.htm

Is this ok to do?

Dibblet · Dec 12, 2008

ukulele_Freak said:
I usually string it the way you would string a classical guitar. http://www.stormthecastle.com/classical_guitar/classical_guitar_string.htm

Is this ok to do?

Yup, That's how to do that sort of bridge. It's a different kind of bridge where you have to tie a knot.

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