On the YouTube video that I posted of the Caramel Concert Ukulele, I forgot to turn off comments and someone asked a question:
I’m new to ukuleles and would like this to be my first purchase. Can you please tell me more about what you were describing re: sanding down parts of this ukulele? What is the purpose of that? What exactly are you sanding down and how? Thank you and good luck!!!
While major repairs…and perhaps any dealing with the nut of a ukulele…should be brought to a luthier, a string instrument repair expert, adjusting the saddle is an easy way to make your ukulele a better instrument. On that note, some nuts are set too high, and need to be adjusted as well. You can find videos on this at The Ukulele Site, where they recently had a complete podcast about ukulele set-up (one of the reasons you buy from Mim’s Ukes, the Uke Republic, or the Ukulele Site is that every instrument is set up before it comes to you). That said, you aren’t getting a $36 Caramel Concert from those companies, so the set-up is in your hands.
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You can also take the instrument to a Luthier for a set-up, which may cost as much as $50. For a one time investment in sanding paper, a string winder, a string action ruler, and a tuner ($25 together), you have a “kit” that will help you adjust the saddle–as well as to change strings and keep your ukulele in tune.
There are a number of videos on YouTube that show the process… http://www.gotaukulele.com/2016/05/how-to-adjust-ukulele-action-at-saddle.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cchC2_MWQ Both of these are by Barry Maz at gotaukulele.com (highly recommended). There are far more detailed videos out there. The white piece on the bridge comes out of the ukulele, and is the primary way that you adjust the string height of the ukulele. This is a pretty common thing to do…nearly every ukulele needs to be adjusted from the factory, and lots of people buy and play ukuleles that have never been set up for optimal playing height. According to the staff at TheUkuleleSite, the optimal string height at the 12th Fret is 2.65mm. Ideally, you would adjust both the saddle and the nut (white piece at the top of the ukulele) to get the strings to that 2.65mm. Any lower, and the strings might buzz on the frets. Higher than 2.65mm, you just have to press further down on strings to play, creating a more tiresome playing process. It is recommended to have a string action ruler and a string winder in this process…and of course, a tuner. For a string action ruler ($7), check out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y9UONIC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00Y9UONIC&linkId=02a9872083322f7a73a9360677c45d1c For a string winder ($8 with cutters for strings, too): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002E1G5C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0002E1G5C&linkId=9fe4f2e5b1890d2e55b78446ec385dfc For a cheap but good tuner ($4): https://reverb.com/item/204704-reverb-clip-on-tune
You can also take the instrument to a Luthier for a set-up, which may cost as much as $50. For a one time investment in sanding paper, a string winder, a string action ruler, and a tuner ($25 together), you have a “kit” that will help you adjust the saddle–as well as to change strings and keep your ukulele in tune.
There are a number of videos on YouTube that show the process… http://www.gotaukulele.com/2016/05/how-to-adjust-ukulele-action-at-saddle.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cchC2_MWQ Both of these are by Barry Maz at gotaukulele.com (highly recommended). There are far more detailed videos out there. The white piece on the bridge comes out of the ukulele, and is the primary way that you adjust the string height of the ukulele. This is a pretty common thing to do…nearly every ukulele needs to be adjusted from the factory, and lots of people buy and play ukuleles that have never been set up for optimal playing height. According to the staff at TheUkuleleSite, the optimal string height at the 12th Fret is 2.65mm. Ideally, you would adjust both the saddle and the nut (white piece at the top of the ukulele) to get the strings to that 2.65mm. Any lower, and the strings might buzz on the frets. Higher than 2.65mm, you just have to press further down on strings to play, creating a more tiresome playing process. It is recommended to have a string action ruler and a string winder in this process…and of course, a tuner. For a string action ruler ($7), check out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y9UONIC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00Y9UONIC&linkId=02a9872083322f7a73a9360677c45d1c For a string winder ($8 with cutters for strings, too): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002E1G5C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0002E1G5C&linkId=9fe4f2e5b1890d2e55b78446ec385dfc For a cheap but good tuner ($4): https://reverb.com/item/204704-reverb-clip-on-tune
You can also take the instrument to a Luthier for a set-up, which may cost as much as $50. For a one time investment in sanding paper, a string winder, a string action ruler, and a tuner ($25 together), you have a “kit” that will help you adjust the saddle–as well as to change strings and keep your ukulele in tune.
There are a number of videos on YouTube that show the process… http://www.gotaukulele.com/2016/05/how-to-adjust-ukulele-action-at-saddle.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cchC2_MWQ Both of these are by Barry Maz at gotaukulele.com (highly recommended). There are far more detailed videos out there. The white piece on the bridge comes out of the ukulele, and is the primary way that you adjust the string height of the ukulele. This is a pretty common thing to do…nearly every ukulele needs to be adjusted from the factory, and lots of people buy and play ukuleles that have never been set up for optimal playing height. According to the staff at TheUkuleleSite, the optimal string height at the 12th Fret is 2.65mm. Ideally, you would adjust both the saddle and the nut (white piece at the top of the ukulele) to get the strings to that 2.65mm. Any lower, and the strings might buzz on the frets. Higher than 2.65mm, you just have to press further down on strings to play, creating a more tiresome playing process. It is recommended to have a string action ruler and a string winder in this process…and of course, a tuner. For a string action ruler ($7), check out: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y9UONIC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00Y9UONIC&linkId=02a9872083322f7a73a9360677c45d1c For a string winder ($8 with cutters for strings, too): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002E1G5C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=techinmusiedu-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B0002E1G5C&linkId=9fe4f2e5b1890d2e55b78446ec385dfc For a cheap but good tuner ($4): https://reverb.com/item/204704-reverb-clip-on-tune
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