Bradford
07-17-2010, 03:27 AM
Hey Mike, I'm glad you clarified your intent. Most luthier glues are designed to release with heat. With a string through bridge in a hot car, the strings may not pull the bridge off the top, they will pull the top away from the sides instead, or pull the neck away from the body. Solid wood or laminate, they are still glued together and that glue will start to fail at 130 degrees F or so. Hide glue may be OK to about 150, but I would not risk it with any uke of value.
Brad
Moore Bettah Ukuleles
07-17-2010, 04:17 AM
You're exactly right Brad. A bridge is meant to be a sacrificial component in the event of exposure to high temperatures.
Two previous entries from a discussion about this that took place four years ago...just to put another angle on the subject.....
But as ever I seem to be the lone voice of argued dissent
....I don't like straps either...
and as for better tone quality ...surely the tone comes through the saddle (I will stand to be corrected on this) or "bridge" (banjo uke) what happens after that is pretty much immaterial ? the strings on a banjo uke very often don't have any connection to the "soundboard" ...or vellum at all..except via the wooden bridge or saddle ..no ...yes ?
..all this is in the interest of a fair and balanced discussion ...not me saying I hate the system.....even if I do not like the stringing method as described (hook it out with a coat hanger and a vacuum cleaner ...the curve SHOULD make it pop up through the soundhole......shoulda ,woulda ,coulda.......seems a bit vague to
me....) But it does look neat and tidy.