I want to put a stationary bridge one the face of the ukulele I am building. Do I need to be concerned about "intonation" if I put the bridge at the fret scale I specified? I don't know much about this, my son was the on that brought it up. He plays guitar.
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Ya, you should have some "compensation" at the bridge. There is a great fret calculator by Stewart McDonald that can give you a pretty good approximate for compensation at the bridge. It's worked for me pretty well. Strings, fret height, string height and stuff like that can influence compensation too.
Yes, Stewart McDonald is the calculator I use. I'm wondering if attaching the bridge with small screws through slightly slotted holes to allow for a little adjustment might be worth trying (?). Although I have read some articles where it says on ukuleles that with nylon strings, and the fret length there will not be perfect intonation, and it is not as big a deal as it is on a guitar.
Thank for the reply.
Well, with the short neck instruments and all intonation is always a problem, never quite perfect. One thing I've done with the cigar box stuff is put down that green tape, set the bridge in place strung up and marked on the tape where the sweet spot is (this is all with a temporary tail piece) and then glued down the bridge on the marks. I use thru the bridge stringing method.On my standard type ukes I've been using the stewmac calc and then building compensation into the saddle. This has been the most accurate for me. I mostly have had to compensate on the A string and G string on the reenterant ukes
I love this discussion. I am willing to bet that the cigar box ukes we build have better intonation than most store bought ones. Building by hands, hearts, and minds that care makes a world of difference.
I'm bettin you are right!
"reentrant", thanks, learned a new term, had to look it up. Always learn something new when I get on here. That's a good thing. I guess one other question, how do you setup a temporary tailpiece? Doesn't that change things a little? The strings are going over the saddle at a different angle than they will when they are attached to the permanent bridge. Maybe that doesn't matter.
Really appreciate the input guys. I'm a musical dummy.
I set up the "tailpiece" on the strap button hole.
I don't know if it matters....just don't know
and
you ain't no dummy! Where's one of those smiley things when you need one
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