Duct tape (optional, i just wanted to make the pencil black and add a little bit of a cushion)
Broken hair ties (the blue one is the original size, the purple one broke so i re-tied it but it’s now tiny lol) – guys, you can use your brief’s garters or something.
A short pencil - something you can’t use anymore, recycle!
Colored fabric paint glue (optional, just to cover the roughness on the broken pencil ends, i don’t want splinters)
Scissors (not here) or cutter
Ukulele tuner (optional – a real one, or an app)
A ukulele of course
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1. Original pencil (green) and product after this step (black). Measure your pencil on the fretboard and cut. I covered mine with black duct tape because it’s less distracting. It also adds cushioning for your strings.
2. Get your broken hair ties and make a small-ish closed loop like on the first photo. Small enough to keep the pencil tight enough on the fretboard.
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3. Lay the pencil on top of the fret board, and stretch it across the back of the neck, secure on each end of the pencil. This is why it needs to be damn tight.
See the back:
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4. Optional - cover the ends with glue or any paint that hardens into a three dimensional shape. I used purple to match the ties.
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5. Check the tuning. Since this capo is on the first fret, this turns the uke one half step up, into a C# tuning. Check with your tuner if the tuning is now G# C# F A#/Bb (whatever your tuner displays, they are one and the same.)
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Make sure you keep it tight close to the fret’s line to avoid buzzing strings.
6. Play and enjoy!(?)
tell me if this works for you! (〜 ̄▽ ̄)〜♪