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Darn now how the heck am I supposed to eat?
Allan
leave the the same length compensate with your bridge
Allan
http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator
hope this will do
Allan
The 6 1/2 is an addition you used to stretch the string to get the wound and the original traditional tuning is DAA with out the fret you have a true diatonic scale. but it is a beautiful build
Thanks a great idea about a coat hanger never thought of that
Allan
Great tip! I tried it myself only I drilled one hole and only bent one end of the wire, the fret sits in a little groove I cut aligned with the centre of the hole and is held in place with a small amount of epoxy (3 dots) I found that if the fret be…
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Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 10:03am on December 5, 2009,
Shane Speal said…
- Happy Birthday, Allan!
Hope you have a great day.
-Shane Speal
- At 2:11pm on November 25, 2009,
Vince Stark said…
- My daughter met her husband in Amsterdam and also used to live there. My Great Grandparents immigrated from Holland. They had a dairy with a pub on top of the barn. Their last name was Stam. I love having friends like you and Shelly over there! I've never been there, but it always feels like it should be home to me. I love the sea, boats and raw shrimp. May be genetic or just down right strange?
- At 2:02pm on November 25, 2009,
Vince Stark said…
- That's awesome! Watch those "motorized" bikes. Mine put me in a wheelchair for life.
- At 10:20pm on November 24, 2009,
Vince Stark said…
- Hi Allen! See you found Shelly. That's a fine start!
- At 5:03am on November 22, 2009,
Shelley said… - Damn, your smart. I should have waited till i passed the learning Dutch age to move here. Ah, there you are in a foto...nice!
My regular email address is:
shelleyrickey at gmail dot com. If you send me yours i'll put you on our mailing list. We host a really fun Ukulele Jamboree in Rotterdam. Maybe you'd like to come sometime!
Bye Allen, have a lovely sunday.
Shelley.
- At 12:23pm on November 21, 2009,
Shelley said…
- Zoetermeer?! Cool. Are you dutch?
I don't see any pictures or info.
What are you up to?
- At 6:17pm on November 8, 2009,
timothy lee allen said… - Hey Big Guy:
This is much more than what i expected to run into. What a squirell :)))))))))) . Hey thanks for the invit. Maybe i wil find the answers that come to mind when conteplating the hardware of the cbg .
- At 4:44pm on November 1, 2009,
Tres Seaver said… - Welcome aboard, Allan! You will find lots of helpful folks and information here on all things CBG (CBU, CBB, etc.) Feel free to poke around, ask questions, and post your stuff (photos, recordings, videos, etc.).
Most of all, have fun!
Tres.
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