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4 String Cookie Tin Guiatar
I need help on 2 points, please.
1. I am having trouble with getting the right size slot for the frets. i have tried a number of different saws which type is best?
2. Not sure on the tuning.
david
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Comment by Blind Kiwi on March 6, 2013 at 11:48pm -
I gave up and bought a fret saw from stewmac, that and a decent set of nut slot files have made my life a whole lot easier.
DGAD sounds nice if you like a celtic folky sound.
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Comment by The Phrygian Kid on March 6, 2013 at 11:17pm -
1 you need a real thin blade.. I use a scroll saw, which works awesome.
2 I like gdgb with the fattest four from a regular set of guitar strings and a marginally shorter scale length (600mm)
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Comment by Clock The Wolf & Negative Bunny on March 6, 2013 at 5:25pm -
You could tune it like a tenor guitar: CGDA and, to a lesser extent, GDAD, CGBD and DGBE.
Many open tunings: DF#AD (open D), DGBD (open G), etc. Tuning up or down, depending on string tension, or lack thereof...
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Comment by Clock The Wolf & Negative Bunny on March 6, 2013 at 5:13pm
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What string gauges? Scale length?
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