Dazed Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, Smanth said: I tried the pyramid and had two E strings unravel on me! I now play thunderbrowns and love them! S’manth x Was that a flatwound pyramid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamIAm Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Dazed said: Was that a flatwound pyramid? It was these ... and this happened ... even on the replacement E string they sent S'manth x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3below Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Smanth said: It was these ... and this happened ... even on the replacement E string they sent S'manth x Never seen that before, you would think they would follow two failures like with some degree of interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 Looks like a manufacturing issue, did they pursue it after the second failure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 Here, a ukulele "threadless bass". It made me smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 On 31/08/2023 at 02:39, Smanth said: It was these ... and this happened ... even on the replacement E string they sent S'manth x I'd say the problem is the string is too long and it can't survive being bent around the skinny uke tuner peg with the big slot for the big fat rubber strings. They need to make them just long enough to go over the nut so you only wind on the skinny section of string like you do on a regular BG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Send them that photo and they can rejig it and send you another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 Not sure about @Smanth uke but mine has large tuners, I haven’t measured them but they can’t be far off 1/2” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 5 hours ago, Dazed said: Not sure about @Smanth uke but mine has large tuners, I haven’t measured them but they can’t be far off 1/2” It's not the tuner diameter per se but the fact the whole string is going around the peg rather than the core only part. The core is the bit that is under the big tension and the windings are relatively simply along for the ride to add the mass. Having the E windings wrapped around the peg puts a strain on that's not supposed to.be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) Ah yes I see what you mean. I assumed as the strings were designed for uke the cores would be exposed for enough length to allow that but looking again at the photo its not happening on E and G string. Edited September 4, 2023 by Dazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Who's going to email Pyramid? Should be @Smanth and get a couple of free sets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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