Old uke, new bridge.
Giving this old Gretch Uke a new sound with a custom bridge that both looks stylish and trues the original, flawed intonation
Recent Posts
- #pianolessonwin What are your favorite mnemonics for notes on the staff? Today, ours is Elephants Got Big Dirty Feet.
- These peg holes had been widened too much. I turned some hard maple into tapered plugs today. After they are glued into place, I’ll re-ream, do a little finish touch up on the fresh wood, and tune to pitch.
- Every three weeks I spend a day doing a deep clean of the shop. Sweep, vacuum, mop, organize, make improvements. I also check out my power tools to make sure they’re tuned up and clean. It’s season change too, so there’s tasks that go along with that as well. Anyhow, today was the day! I didn’t sleep more that two hours last night, so I’m plum tuckered. #deepclean #sleepmaintenanceinsomnia
- Dressed that wound. #bindingrepair #martinguitar
- @phil_sneve Final polish is happening today.
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5-string
12 string
accordion
banjo
bass
bridge
closed
consignment
conversion
dogs
dream
esraj
for sale
fret
friends
Gibson
gift
happy
harmony
harp
headache
IFTTT
Instagram
intonation
joke
lamellophone
ma'iingan
Mastertone
name that instrument
neckset
odd
old repairs
reed
refret
repair
repairs
sigma
skin
sympathetic
Tamburica
tenor
ukelele
ukelele repair
verðandi
Washburn