A friend of mine has a vintage Martin style 0 soprano ukulele from the 1960s. She asked me to help he get it in tune, which I have done. It has the original friction tuners, so it's hard to get it perfectly in tune. I have 2 questions.
First of all, the C string loses its intonation immediately. Like on the very first fret. The other strings don't seem to have the same problem. At least it's not as noticeable. What should I do to fix this problem.
Second question, would it be a good or bad idea to replace the original friction tuners with gear tuners?
Thanks.
First of all, the C string loses its intonation immediately. Like on the very first fret. The other strings don't seem to have the same problem. At least it's not as noticeable. What should I do to fix this problem.
Second question, would it be a good or bad idea to replace the original friction tuners with gear tuners?
Thanks.