hapiel
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Hi guys
I bought a cheap uke, concert acoustic with amp. Regular price: €150, my price: €50.
Why? Because it is broken.
Well, not exactly, 2 frets are slightly higher than they are supposed to, they popped out of the fret board, and my g string is buzzing if I hold the first fret (second fret is lifted) or making the sound of the 17th fret while holding the 16th (17th is lifted). I don't care much about the 17th, I hardly use it and it will be hard to fix because the fretboard is already on top of the body there.
However, I can imagine that the second fret would be fixable, and because it was so cheap I would like to do it myself.
I heard this process involves smacking it with a rubber hammer, does anyone have experience with this, and can explain me how?
A secondary problem is that because it is a pre-amp pickup, there are wires going from the amp to the thing where the jack goes in (how do you call the output thing?). These wires need to be in a certain position, or the uke sounds like an electric while playing accoustic, because it rattles
. Would you fix this with tape, or try to shorten the wires, or what?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Hapiel
I bought a cheap uke, concert acoustic with amp. Regular price: €150, my price: €50.
Why? Because it is broken.
Well, not exactly, 2 frets are slightly higher than they are supposed to, they popped out of the fret board, and my g string is buzzing if I hold the first fret (second fret is lifted) or making the sound of the 17th fret while holding the 16th (17th is lifted). I don't care much about the 17th, I hardly use it and it will be hard to fix because the fretboard is already on top of the body there.
However, I can imagine that the second fret would be fixable, and because it was so cheap I would like to do it myself.
I heard this process involves smacking it with a rubber hammer, does anyone have experience with this, and can explain me how?
A secondary problem is that because it is a pre-amp pickup, there are wires going from the amp to the thing where the jack goes in (how do you call the output thing?). These wires need to be in a certain position, or the uke sounds like an electric while playing accoustic, because it rattles
. Would you fix this with tape, or try to shorten the wires, or what?Thanks in advance for your advice!
Hapiel
