Pete Howlett has commented several times on his blog about setup on ukuleles. In his most recent installment on FB, he comments about radiused fingerboards on ukuleles. (Spoiler: he doesn't offer them.)
Then he talks about setup and the action on his ukuleles. It's quite informative. Pete has some strong opinions about setup.
He believes the magic is at the nut, and is actually more important than the 12th fret.
Oh, and he mentions that the industry standard for string spacing is 10mm (3/8") regardless of nut width. (I guess that explains the Ko'Aloha nut on their tenors.)
Anyway, it's worth a listen. You don't have to belong to FaceBook to listen to it: https://www.facebook.com/no1petehowlett/videos/10157935071551031/
The original post took a day to appear, and it showed up in "Ukulele Marketplace". I guess posting late at night is problematic for me. Or, I took too many mushrooms. "One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small..." Apologies that I couldn't repeat the comments made on the original post.
Then he talks about setup and the action on his ukuleles. It's quite informative. Pete has some strong opinions about setup.
He believes the magic is at the nut, and is actually more important than the 12th fret.
Oh, and he mentions that the industry standard for string spacing is 10mm (3/8") regardless of nut width. (I guess that explains the Ko'Aloha nut on their tenors.)
Anyway, it's worth a listen. You don't have to belong to FaceBook to listen to it: https://www.facebook.com/no1petehowlett/videos/10157935071551031/
The original post took a day to appear, and it showed up in "Ukulele Marketplace". I guess posting late at night is problematic for me. Or, I took too many mushrooms. "One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small..." Apologies that I couldn't repeat the comments made on the original post.
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