Swamp Yankee
Well-known member
One of my older ukes has a bulging belly and I've taken the saddle down as low as it can go. It plays fine, but I noticed that when I knot the strings over the bridge, the looped portion of the knot pulls the string up and thereby changes the angle that the string breaks over the saddle to the point that it's pretty minimal.
To counter this, I've taken to putting a stopper knot on the string ends and slipping a 6mm glass bead onto the string then feeding the string into the hole in the bridge.
This allows me to forgo the knot-over-the-bridge approach and greatly improves the break angle as the string goes over the saddle.... and it's kinda cool looking, imho.... but can anyone come up with any reasons why this might not be a good idea? Not a big deal... but I'm bored, so...I thought I'd ask the experts.
To counter this, I've taken to putting a stopper knot on the string ends and slipping a 6mm glass bead onto the string then feeding the string into the hole in the bridge.
This allows me to forgo the knot-over-the-bridge approach and greatly improves the break angle as the string goes over the saddle.... and it's kinda cool looking, imho.... but can anyone come up with any reasons why this might not be a good idea? Not a big deal... but I'm bored, so...I thought I'd ask the experts.