For attaching strings on a ‘tie on’ bridge wind the string knot around itself one to three times. The number depends on how your bridge was made and the thickness of the string.
The thinner strings will loop around two or three twists. The fatter strings will wrap around one or two times. Don’t wrap so many times that the string bunches up. Trim the string ends after the strings have been brought up to tune.

For attaching strings to a Traditional Slotted Bridge tie a figure 8 knot (see below) at the strings ends. The fat C string only gets a regular knot. Pull the knot tight with the help of a vice or pliers and then trim the string pretty close past the knot. Maybe about 1/8” Push the knot all the way up into the bridges slotted hole. I’ll use a small bamboo skewer or similar tool to help set the knot all the way in.

Attaching strings to a ‘Pinless Bridge’ as is found on most of the larger Pohaku ukuleles use a figure eight knot that will set against the hardwood bridge patch on the back side of the soundboard. The holes on the Pohaku pin-less Bridges are precisely sized and don’t need any of the beads that many other makers seem to use. Be careful to re-use them if your instrument was made with them. There is a step by step re-stringing tutorial for this bridge elsewhere in this Tech-Tips section.

FIGURE 8 STRING KNOT