oldetymey
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If you saw my Silvertone soprano thread the other day youll know this little number I picked up had a nice sound but a terrible high action, and a poor reglue job on the bridge. I had been debating on trying to remove the bridge and lower it and clean up the glue mess, and today I decided the hell with it Id give it a go, after all I only have 22 dollars in this uke to begin with. I covered the top of the uke in painters tape then took a hacksaw blade, and slowly sawed off the bridge using the flex in the blade to keep it tight to the body of the uke. I stopped every few strokes to make sure I hadnt cut through the tape anywhere, and a mere 45 minutes later voila! I had the bridge off with no damage what so ever. I also had a set of geared tuners kickin around that someone had given me for christmas so I figured as long as I was cutting it up.......I drilled out the headstock and installed them as well. As a last upgrade I cut a slot a slot in the bridge and made a new insert from a scrap of corian to replace the built in wood one. Just waiting for the glue to cure on it now, and for the aquilas to show up and I should have a pretty decent little uke for very little cash....oh and before anyone mentions it I know the tuner in the pic is upside down I had to reverse the top ones so they would fit. A minor annoyance for a big upgrade.