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Dewys Neck

sending this to the USA for Dewy to stick it in a box..

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Comment by The Phrygian Kid on August 22, 2012 at 12:08am: Dianne I totally missed this so sorry :)
High string is a major third, but but is offset as you can see, if it were inline it'd be a minor third. That's we're the magic is ;) x
Dewys had this a while now, he's got it nearly banjofied far as I know

Comment by Diane in Chicago on June 2, 2012 at 8:57am: Well, that other thread got me all hot and bothered about dulcimers again. So what is the tuning on this kind of fret pattern? I see the top 3 strings are 1 5 1, yes? But that high string?

Comment by steven smith-- dewy on January 9, 2012 at 8:54pm: pretty cool , had to come and take another look at it -----------lol cant wait to try it

Comment by The Phrygian Kid on April 25, 2011 at 1:12pm: seriously, its quite complex as you guessed but essentially it transposes all the correct chords for the scale very easily, it was originally designed as a composition and education tool but it later became apparent it was of some use to the disabled among other groups.. I do have a patent on this fretting layout (and all its modes) so you need a licence if you wanna make em in numbers, but anyone is of course free to make their own for non commercial ends. I'll also happily make people a neck like this in a swap or for some dollars.. I'd prefer to post people necks than finished axes if youre not in Australia cos i can post a neck in a tube and it works out a lot cheaper for me

Comment by The Phrygian Kid on April 25, 2011 at 1:06pm: thanks guys..

Rob the frets are the little metal jiggers you bang into the wood to make the notes on :D

this is just cos i was running low on em..
this pic is my next one, might make it about clear as mud for ya..

seriously tho, its just a strumstick mate, just with a different tuning so the fretting is a little more complex..

Comment by Rob Uker on April 25, 2011 at 9:31am: It looks awesome. Would you mind explaining the frets?

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on April 25, 2011 at 7:09am: Another beautiful bit of work from the man with the crazy frets. That does look great and it will certainly turn heads.