Believe it or not, but I managed to tune my C-string an octave too high! And the string didn't snap. My main question is: have I done some damage to the uke? I haven't seen nor heard anything threatening.
It was an octave high for just a couple of minutes; I noticed it after starting to play right away and then tuned down. Now it seems to be getting out of tune like new strings do - only too high, unlike the other strings.
The strings are Aquila Sugars and the uke Flight Juliana, which I love (a koa top and an ebony bridge, okoume neck and headstock, bone nut and (compensated) saddle).
If you're interested how this happened, well, I first left about a fingerful of slack for the strings (about halfway of the fretboard) before I started tightening. I found out that I was tuning quite often even after half a dozen hours of playing, and it also seemed that the C- and A-strings were worst in this regard. They were almost touching the bottom of the tuning peg, the part that is connected to the headstock.
I unwound and wound the A all right, but with the C I guess I was too afraid of it having to be wound like 5 times again or so, and I pre-tightened it as well as I could without biting my teeth together, bending the rest around the corner of the headstock.
And before I knew it, my clip-on D'Addario told me I was somewhere around A# or so, but the problem is that it doesn't show the octave - and I didn't pay attention to the sound, I just stared at the screen like a dork and kept on tuning. Well, the rest you know already.
Maybe next time a smartphone app tuner, when changing strings?
This was my first time. I also tightened the tuning pegs from the bottom to the headstock with a 10mm wrench. They were just a bit loose; this was thefirst time I checked them after owning the uke for 4 months (bought new from shop - I don't know about their humidity nor how long it was untightened). I think I was careful not overtightening, but how do I know?
This was also my first post here ! Thanks for the great forum and please be gentle!
Greetings from Finland!
Jupu
It was an octave high for just a couple of minutes; I noticed it after starting to play right away and then tuned down. Now it seems to be getting out of tune like new strings do - only too high, unlike the other strings.
The strings are Aquila Sugars and the uke Flight Juliana, which I love (a koa top and an ebony bridge, okoume neck and headstock, bone nut and (compensated) saddle).
If you're interested how this happened, well, I first left about a fingerful of slack for the strings (about halfway of the fretboard) before I started tightening. I found out that I was tuning quite often even after half a dozen hours of playing, and it also seemed that the C- and A-strings were worst in this regard. They were almost touching the bottom of the tuning peg, the part that is connected to the headstock.
I unwound and wound the A all right, but with the C I guess I was too afraid of it having to be wound like 5 times again or so, and I pre-tightened it as well as I could without biting my teeth together, bending the rest around the corner of the headstock.
And before I knew it, my clip-on D'Addario told me I was somewhere around A# or so, but the problem is that it doesn't show the octave - and I didn't pay attention to the sound, I just stared at the screen like a dork and kept on tuning. Well, the rest you know already.
Maybe next time a smartphone app tuner, when changing strings?
This was my first time. I also tightened the tuning pegs from the bottom to the headstock with a 10mm wrench. They were just a bit loose; this was thefirst time I checked them after owning the uke for 4 months (bought new from shop - I don't know about their humidity nor how long it was untightened). I think I was careful not overtightening, but how do I know?
This was also my first post here ! Thanks for the great forum and please be gentle!
Greetings from Finland!
Jupu