Siv
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So I was thinking about the impact of fitting a fluorocarbon low G to my ukes and was wondering about how the compensated saddles impact this.
My Kamaka came with high g as normal and you can see that the G and A strings have similar compensation making them the shortest strings and the thickest C string being the longest.
A few of my ukes have compensated saddles and only one (The Romero Tiny Tenor) has a low G fitted from the factory. But the low G is wound hence a lot thinner than your average. The compensation looks vey similar to the high g Kamaka.
A look at my low G opio with uncompensated saddle doesn't reveal much but does show how much thicker the low G string is.
So with a thick low G, should a compensated saddle be adjusted to effectively lengthen the string? Or is this too much science and my ears probably wouldn't notice?
My Kamaka came with high g as normal and you can see that the G and A strings have similar compensation making them the shortest strings and the thickest C string being the longest.
A few of my ukes have compensated saddles and only one (The Romero Tiny Tenor) has a low G fitted from the factory. But the low G is wound hence a lot thinner than your average. The compensation looks vey similar to the high g Kamaka.
A look at my low G opio with uncompensated saddle doesn't reveal much but does show how much thicker the low G string is.
So with a thick low G, should a compensated saddle be adjusted to effectively lengthen the string? Or is this too much science and my ears probably wouldn't notice?