Dutchmilk
New member
Bought a 1960 "Orlando" Baritone uke for $10 the other day off of Facebook. I'm confident the top is solid mahogany not sure about the back/sides but it sounds marvelous (rich and loud, warm tight tone with lots of resonance). I put new D'Adario Titanium DGBE strings btw.
So I really like it but the action is terrible, like 3.5mm - 4mm. It has somewhat of a neck angle and there is no saddle to sand down (the saddle sticks up out of the bridge only about 1mm).
My thought is to sand down the entire bridge (from the top, without ungluing it) and carve a slot for a new low saddle. I'd want to drop the string height at the saddle by around 1/8" (I think) to make it even worth it.
This thing is enjoyable to mess around with but would be so much better with reasonable action. However, I don't want to mess it up and I'm not wanting to pay a luthier $$$. What would you advise?
So I really like it but the action is terrible, like 3.5mm - 4mm. It has somewhat of a neck angle and there is no saddle to sand down (the saddle sticks up out of the bridge only about 1mm).
My thought is to sand down the entire bridge (from the top, without ungluing it) and carve a slot for a new low saddle. I'd want to drop the string height at the saddle by around 1/8" (I think) to make it even worth it.
This thing is enjoyable to mess around with but would be so much better with reasonable action. However, I don't want to mess it up and I'm not wanting to pay a luthier $$$. What would you advise?