Is it just me? I detest slot headed ukes. To me, slots are useless eye candy that make it a lot more difficult to string a uke. (No doubt, everyone else loves slot heads & finds them easy to use. sigh)
Is it just me? I love bridges that use pins (like a guitar) and also bridges that use pull through. I hate tying those dadgummed knots. I can do it, but I have to ask the grandkids to leave the room because I sometimes mutter foul words under my breath while I'm doing that job.
Is it just me? I like ukes with Fender Stratocaster-type heads, where the strings go perfectly straight from the nut up to the winding mechanism. Why? With regular uke heads, the strings are angled from the nut to the winder, especially the #1 & #4. So... suppose I have a string that's just a wee bit flat:
So dislike of slots & knots, plus love of Fender-type heads -- am I the only one? If not, why not?
Is it just me? I love bridges that use pins (like a guitar) and also bridges that use pull through. I hate tying those dadgummed knots. I can do it, but I have to ask the grandkids to leave the room because I sometimes mutter foul words under my breath while I'm doing that job.
Is it just me? I like ukes with Fender Stratocaster-type heads, where the strings go perfectly straight from the nut up to the winding mechanism. Why? With regular uke heads, the strings are angled from the nut to the winder, especially the #1 & #4. So... suppose I have a string that's just a wee bit flat:
- I start to VERY gradually tighten it, to get it in tune.
- Slowly the tuner needle moves toward *perfect* until it's almost right there then -- RATS! the string suddenly jumps to being a wee bit sharp.
- That happens because the angle from nut to winder doesn't let the string move through the nut smoothly. With a Fender-type head, that problem 99.99% disappears.
So dislike of slots & knots, plus love of Fender-type heads -- am I the only one? If not, why not?