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I build most of my cigar box instruments without a saddle, as do many. We use keys, bolts, drawer handles, anything that works. The bridges I make are hardwood oak and the very top slopes in and is narrowed to the width of a saddle. The bridge floats so I just move it to set it at the correct...

Welcome trippy_uke! Well, in a way they are toys, we do "play" with them - haha!!! Sounds like you're having a blast playing. Great stuff!!!

Hey Quick - welcome to UU! 😊 "That is how my habit of making my own tabs and chord sheets started. I can annotate them however I want and format them in a way that makes sense to me, and then share with others." I hear you, I do the same! I don't always find the tabs are faithful to the...

In addition to moving my music to the iPad with forScore, I also picked up (Christmas present) a bluetooth page turner pedal. It is great for turning to the next page when you have a multi-page song. it is also great for searching through a playlist for a specific song, just tap with your toe...

ForScore question: I play at different venues and for each song I play, I write the venue name on the sheet. If I play it a second time at that venue, I put a check mark beside it. I do plan to abandon my paper system for ForScore. I downloaded the ForScore manual, browsed it, I do see there is...

Check out your Community Centres for any musical get togethers, jam sessions. I participate in a Circle Jam at a Citizens Centre in Bolton. We go around the circle, each person plays a song, it's often a well known song, or an easy to follow 145 progression. I am the only ukulele in the circle...

Hello and welcome from a fellow Canuck from Woodbridge Ontario! Wow! You are playing very well after just a year and a bit.

Personal Computer - how could I not get into this. I was a mainframe systems programmer in the late 70s and the original 8088 based PCs gave me a chance to poke and probe and program all on my own at home. I "tinkered" a lot. The last 5 years or so though, I am happy just to "use" a computer and...

I can kick myself. I remember as a kid, yes 50s, getting a Marine Band harp as a Christmas gift from a friend of the family, nobody thought anything of it, it was only a buck or two. Oh how I wish I'd take better care of it and not treated it like a "toy"

Welcome, rydenbrook! I’ve only been here a short time myself, but I am amazed at the wealth of information I’ve picked up so far. Do look through the list of postings on the forum, I’m confident you’ll find something that catches your attention.

BE AWARE: if you playing off a tablet in bright sunshine, it may heat up and shut down. Yes, it happened to me. I got a BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH on my iPad and a message along the lines of "Shutting down as the iPad is over heating", while sitting on my deck and checking out playing from an ipad...

I agree. I’m discovering songs in the key of C, capo fret 1, work much better with my voice. I chose not to stumble while relearning closed chords to accommodate this. A friend has finger muscle issues, the capo helps.

A music teacher made the comment that 'capos are for lazy people'. So I set off in search of comments by ukulele players regarding the use of capos. And I found Ukulele Underground. And I am thrilled with the discussions and knowledge that is shared here. So happy to find this site.

Cinema Paradiso - the last scene, the ending. And towards the end, when he enters the theatre to look around, just before it gets demolished.

A beautiful build Jason. 👏👏👏 And we’ll played. 👍

I like to play for audiences. Summer is great, farmers markets; autumn, a local fall fair. Otherwise, open mics, seniors centres and related venues. Occasionally, I’m invited to play a bar gig with my group the Ukulele Fab Five. Winter is also spent in the workshop building cigar box guitars and...

Hello Jim, great to hear from you. I saw some postings on the Seasons and wasn’t clear on what it was all about - thanks for clarifying. 😊

Jambalaya - 2 chords - C and G or C and G7

Thanks for the suggestions Nickie - with the Farmers Markets shut down, we were looking for other opportunities to play - we’re ok playing for free - I’ll take these up with my partners 😊

Hello Chicago! 😊