nix
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I decided to do my very first string change last night. A month ago, a friend at the ukulele group changed one of my ukes from re-entrant Aquilas to low G clear Worths. I had some extra strings and I thought I could probably do it myself since I've watched several videos and I watched him changed the strings on my other uke.
I carefully cut away the old strings, making sure to pay attention to how the strings were tied at the bridge and wound on the pegs. I went to put the low G string into the slot on the bridge and discovered that it won't fit! I never noticed it before but the Flea bridge slots are different sizes for the different strings! The beautiful low G string would fit in the C slot or the E slot but not the skinny G slot. Frustration.
As soon as my local music store opens I'm going to go buy some regular high G tuned strings and I'll restring with those. I just wanted to share my frustration and give a word of warning to other Flea owners. Don't try to restring with low G unless you know enough to sand open the slot!
Hope everyone else is having a less frustrating Saturday!
Nix
I carefully cut away the old strings, making sure to pay attention to how the strings were tied at the bridge and wound on the pegs. I went to put the low G string into the slot on the bridge and discovered that it won't fit! I never noticed it before but the Flea bridge slots are different sizes for the different strings! The beautiful low G string would fit in the C slot or the E slot but not the skinny G slot. Frustration.
As soon as my local music store opens I'm going to go buy some regular high G tuned strings and I'll restring with those. I just wanted to share my frustration and give a word of warning to other Flea owners. Don't try to restring with low G unless you know enough to sand open the slot!
Hope everyone else is having a less frustrating Saturday!
Nix