I am building a tenor uke for each of my wife and son, and also a practice one as I have never built one before. I got the Stewmac plans and also bought the fretboard template for their fretsaw jig which I already had. I built the bodies and all went well, then made the first neck for the practice uke. When I went to mark the bridge location I realised that the plans are based on a 14 fret to body uke, but the fretboard template, and subsequently the neck I made is 12 fret to body! When I now line up the bridge location it is obviously further down the body, but what the main problem is that the plan called for a bridge plate even though it is a tie bridge and obviously the bridge no longer lines up with the plate! I know that some people build without any bridge plate but would it be detrimental having one forward of the bridge? When I make the necks for the 'proper' ones I will naturally make the 14 fret to bodies!