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Permalink Reply by Ben on December 12, 2010 at 10:36am

I think you should let the purpose dictate the number of strings.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on December 12, 2010 at 10:36am

Cut the neck thinner if you can (and if you haven't cut the box yet). I make 3 and 4 strings on the standard 1.5" wide neck stock. Either way works well.

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by tal bluver on December 12, 2010 at 10:38am

well I cutted the box..

Wes "Blind Lemon Pledge" Yates said:

Cut the neck thinner if you can (and if you haven't cut the box yet). I make 3 and 4 strings on the standard 1.5" wide neck stock. Either way works well.

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on December 12, 2010 at 11:46am

Leave the neck the size it is, make it a 4 stringer and then make another one!!

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Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on December 12, 2010 at 2:24pm

That's two votes.

Don

Dan "Iggy" Sleep said:

Leave the neck the size it is, make it a 4 stringer and then make another one!!

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on December 12, 2010 at 2:45pm

Huzza!

Dan "Iggy" Sleep said:

Leave the neck the size it is, make it a 4 stringer and then make another one!!

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on December 12, 2010 at 4:26pm

Or you can taper the neck.

 

 

Matt

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Permalink Reply by Furry Johnson on December 12, 2010 at 5:29pm

i think it's tellin you it wants to be a 4 stringa

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on December 17, 2010 at 3:09pm

That peg head looks more suited to a trey.  My general advice is 3 for a lot of slide and 4 for finger chording.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Bingham on December 17, 2010 at 3:43pm

You could make it a four stringer and see how you like it.  You can always drop a string and have a three stringer.  If you wanted to get fancy you could cut the nut for three strings on one side and cut it  for four strings on the other.  Drop or add a string and flip the nut and you'd have the best of both worlds.  There's no limit to the things you can do on you builds...

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on December 17, 2010 at 4:54pm

My 2 cents. LOL I would make it a four string. I would use a set of banjo strings. The normally CBG low string would be the high drone string tuned to g. Then the 3 next strings would be D, g, b These three strings have the same interval relationship (513) as my CBG tuned ADf#. The same system of moveable chords would work. A fun little primative banjo. Happy Holidays. Enjoy.    

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on December 18, 2010 at 1:24am

I think Mike gave great advice and lots of versatility.  Although, at my skill level, getting the nut right on both sides would be asking a lot.  :)  

Keni's tuning sounds interesting.  I seem to try and retry a lot of tunings and come back to these:  DGBD for 4s, DGB for 3s,  and octave G and G for 2s.   Good luck and wishes on you build and playing.

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