Jake_Loew
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I have a tenor Lanikai CK-TEQ. I know many ukulele players use nyglut strings. I typically would, but I was using d'addario all nylon strings for a while. About a week ago, I switched back to aquila nyglut strings. Now I notice that my uke is out of when I play on higher frets. Playing open, to the 12th fret is not an octive. It is almost an entire quarter-step sharp! And it is impossible to avoid. I've tried splitting the difference on intunation between the lower frets and the higher ones, but nothing works. I took it to a luthier and he explained this to me:
On any fretted instrument, since the 12th fret is the first harmonic, it should be half way between the bridges (Duh). But when you press a fret, you're bending a string, and therefor, raising the pitch. So to compensate for this, the 12th fret should actually be a very small distance shy of the half-way point. (makes sense, yes?)
He then measured the distance between my 12th fret and each bridge, and discovered that it is exactly at the half-way point. There's my problem, I guess. Right?
I went home and measured my other ukes, and low and behold, their 12th frets are slightly less than half-way between the bridges. That is why they sound okay.
Does anybody else have a Lanikai CK-TEQ or CK-T? Does anybody have anything they can say that would help me? Do you have the same problem? or is mine screwed up?
Thanks for your time!
Jake
On any fretted instrument, since the 12th fret is the first harmonic, it should be half way between the bridges (Duh). But when you press a fret, you're bending a string, and therefor, raising the pitch. So to compensate for this, the 12th fret should actually be a very small distance shy of the half-way point. (makes sense, yes?)
He then measured the distance between my 12th fret and each bridge, and discovered that it is exactly at the half-way point. There's my problem, I guess. Right?
I went home and measured my other ukes, and low and behold, their 12th frets are slightly less than half-way between the bridges. That is why they sound okay.
Does anybody else have a Lanikai CK-TEQ or CK-T? Does anybody have anything they can say that would help me? Do you have the same problem? or is mine screwed up?
Thanks for your time!
Jake
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