New bridge for soprano uke

[Oldscruggsfan]

hello, I have been able to fill the bridge holes with some epoxy and made new holes with the same string distance space from the old screwed bridge, plus a new hole for the piezo pickup, still thank you for sharing your experience and your help
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Now I have to attach it to the soprano's body. I still have some tape left for the old bridge position, but considered the old bridge wasn't attached correctly to the body, I want to try to calculate the new bridge position to see if it matches the old one.

My only doubt is the bridge compensation, which I am struggling to understand of how it works and how to calculate it.

Let's say for example I know the distance from the nut to the saddle, let's say 33cm. Is the compensation of the saddle an addition in mm of the previous mentioned distance?

Or the compensation is the adjustment of the action of the saddle?

Or it means both?

The short answer is yes.

 

[Saddler]

thank you guys, I checked the old bridge position and saw that it was a bit up to the position I have calculated (plus a 1.5mm for the compensation). This let me think maybe that was one of the reasons why the action of the strings was high.

I have glued the new bridge I customised, and hopefully I will be able to play some chords soon to check the instrument sound and the action with the piezo pickup installed

 

[sequoia]

thank you guys, I checked the old bridge position and saw that it was a bit up to the position I have calculated (plus a 1.5mm for the compensation). This let me think maybe that was one of the reasons why the action of the strings was high.

I have glued the new bridge I customised, and hopefully I will be able to play some chords soon to check the instrument sound and the action with the piezo pickup installed

I like your clamping arrangement. File that under "whatever works"

 

[Saddler]

Hello guys, I completely forgot to publish all the progress. I had to make some changes to the bridge because of the piezo to install. I also added other pics of other steps I have done before finishing the project:

 

[Saddler]

And here the completed ukulele with few tests I did. Thank you all for your help! Now it's time for learning!