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Tune to EBE?
Started this discussion. Last reply by James Durham Aug 5, 2011. 6 Replies 1 Like
I've almost finished my first cigar box guitar. I had planned on tuning it to GDG. I've been playing bass for about a year and a half and have very little understanding concerning how to chord a…Continue
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- At 10:43pm on September 23, 2011,
Uncle John said… - Caterwauling James! I'm glad to have you for a nation friend.
- At 5:51pm on August 9, 2011,
Keni Lee Burgess said… Thank you James for joining my group. Feel free to write if you have any questions. Please check out my instructional video CDs. Enjoy your practice.
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- At 3:07pm on August 5, 2011,
ED (Bad Finger) said… - You're find with +/- 1/16 of an inch fretless. You can always adjust your position a bit depending on what your ear tells you. My problem was more drastic. I printed a fret scale off a link found here and didn't check it for scaling. I had planned my bridge and nut positions, locked everything in, then started burning the fret marks. Only after playing and not liking the sound did I find the error. My 12th fret is about a fret and a half out of position. For my second guitar I put the neck next to my Fender guitar and duplicated the positions.
- At 2:06pm on August 5, 2011, ED (Bad Finger) said…
- Thanks for the invite. Have fun with the builds. I think you will enjoy EBE. My first guitar is also tuned Ebe with only one wound string. It is a really cool sound, but I monkeyed up the fret marks so I'm adding a fingerboard to correct that.
- At 1:22pm on August 5, 2011,
Soulcatcher & His DooFa Diddley said… cheers for the invite, like your idea for tuning EBE gonna try it out
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