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My life revolves around music. It is truly the center of my universe.  Bob Marley and the Wailers are by far the most influential band in my life. I was born a little late to watch their albums come out so the first one I heard was their greatest hits aka Legend. Not their best album by any means but definitely the one that impacted me more then any other.

Legend has simple music made to sound like lush orchestration by adding notes in the off beat parts. The classic reggae guitar playing simple chords but playing them on the  the "ands" (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and), the organ filling on the rock steady rhythm behind (rock steady is a reggae style. Google it), The solid, steady drum and bass to root the music, the entire band using rests to make room for a shared melody and then of course there is Bob.

In Bob Marley's own words he wrote songs "so even a baby could understand". They were meaningful, powerful, insightful and above all heartfelt. Bob's words were a beginning of a realization for me. I now know the most important part of music is not what you play or sing but your intent behind your actions. The most important part of music is why you play.

Luke Bass

I can't find the Quill Pen feature that Russell_Harding mentioned.

I tried to edit with a pen on my monitor but I ran out of space.

What is paper?

Insert another bad joke here.

Keep up the great work guys!

Luke

This looks like a great project. Did this CD get made?

Damn. You did say that.

I guess I learned the hard way...like usual.
This way I won't forget.

I tried it again. This time I sanded better and used more glue. It seems to be holding.

One thing I did wrong was only clamping the middle of the bridge directly behind the saddle. I did not put any pressure on the Wings(?) (extension on the sides of the bridge) and now they are not completely flat on the body. I recommend making a jig or using shims to put pressure on all of the bridge (if your bridge has wings).

I'm just happy to be strumming my uke again!

Thanks for the help and encouragement!

Luke

I'm 34 and have been playing in bands since I was 14. So I guess I've been on 2 sides of this conversation.

All I can tell you is that I've never run out of new music (new to me anyway) and I doubt I ever will.

The longer I search for great music the more I find and the better my own music becomes. I will play forever.

Well. I glued the bridge back on. It turned out to be a wood bridge not a plastic one (the top lamination through me off).

I sanded the bridge to get the old glue off and used Titebond glue to put it back on. I clamped it for 24 hours and let it set another 48 hours. I restrung the uke and started to play. It worked well for a short time. Of course it goes out of tune easily with new strings so I keep retuning as I play stretching the strings before I tune.

About 2 hours into playing the bridge snapped off again. This time it snapped in half. I was tuning at the time and the added tension proved to be too much. I did not tune past the correct note. My thought is it should have been able to hold the tension.

Maybe I over tuned. Is that a possibility? I kept stretching the strings and tuning them. Should I have tuned it and let it sit for a while before I stretched the strings?

Maybe I just did not use enough glue.

My uke is a Koloa barritone uke. It costs $150 I think. It was only about a year and a half old. Is it worth buying another bridge or should I trash it and start again?

I am very discouraged.

Luke

I play Baritone Uke and was thinking about getting an electric. So I do a little research and find no electric baritone ukes but I did find Tenor Guitar. This sounds like what I am looking for.

Anyone know a place where I can find a inexpensive Electric Tenor Guitar?

I have played music for over 20 years amateur and pro.

GeaVox is what I would call a true musician.

Whether playing for money or love it sounds like you just have to play. I know that feeling very well.

This thread just made me smile.

Correct me if I'm wrong but at the bottom of the song page is an add video button. Is that not what you want? Just get the UTube address of the song you want and add it there.