Ukuleles are really popular these days. This one is really nice and the owner wants an electric pickup fitted. Not a particularly difficult job, but lots of scope to cause a lot of damage…. The pickup sits under the bridge saddle, but the pickup is quite tall so if I just put it under […]
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Ukulele – Nut Problem
Got a few problems with the nut on this one. The “G” string is way too low and buzzing dreadfully. Looking closely at the nut, there lies the problem… Yeh, there’s the problem, not fitting well. The best option is to replace it with a new one. I do like good old fashioned bone. Chop […]
Ukulele – Replacement heads
Not quite guitar but I guess the science is all the same. The trouble with this one, it’s not staying in tune. The only way to increase the tension is to screw the keys in a little tighter. Trouble is if I do that I think the keys will just split. Once of them has […]
Ukulele Repair
Not a guitar, but the same principles. Someone had broken this one and made a pretty awful job of trying to fix it. I don’t know what they used but it almost looked like chewing gum! (I’m sure it wasn’t).The hardest part of the job was to remove the old glue. There were 2 layers, […]
Ukulele nut and setup
Another Ukulele that seems a little hard to play. A very high action so the first job is to reduce the action height at the nut. Unfortunately the nut on this one was hollow so cutting deeper slots was not an option. The only choice is to cut a new one from Bone. Start with […]
Ukulele Nut
Not quite a guitar but the owner was unhappy with the action on this Ukulele. The slots in the nut are very shallow giving it a very action at the first fret and so making it very difficult to play barre chords at the top of the neck. Quite a simple job. I took the […]