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"1.5" wide is plenty for three strings." Lane Martin replied Mar 8, 2016 to Neck width for a 3 string cbg ? .	12	Mar 16, 2016 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"Yes, it's all fine. You could also just fret one string and let the others drone. lo…" Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"Yep." Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"That's correct. Spot on. Read for strings and making music.On your two D strings, yo…" Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"It's all learning and sharing and learning...etc. :)Are you tuning DAD? or something…" Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
""The diatonic fretboard is just the chromatic one with the sharp/flat notes removed…" Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"No, the fretboard spacing is determined by the scale length only...nothing to do wit…" Lane Martin replied Mar 4, 2016 to Diatonic	28	Mar 10, 2016 Reply by simon
"Fat Liver Lee. How attractive. lol" Lane Martin replied Mar 3, 2016 to Whats your blues name?	64	Mar 6, 2016 Reply by Sonny Blues
"This seems to fit our style also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm4OPzfdpAU" Lane Martin replied Feb 29, 2016 to The Most Beautiful Music You'll Hear from Soup Cans & Pallet Wood	27	May 8, 2017 Reply by Bruce Boogie
"Nice set. One question...the double-neck LPG...I'd presume the two necks are tuned d…" Lane Martin replied Feb 25, 2016 to You know you're addicted to CBG when...	35	Feb 25, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder

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Lane Martin's Discussions (215)

"1.5" wide is plenty for three strings."

"Yes, it's all fine. You could also just fret one string and let the others drone. lo…"

"Yep."

"That's correct. Spot on. Read for strings and making music.On your two D strings, yo…"

"It's all learning and sharing and learning...etc. :)Are you tuning DAD? or something…"

""The diatonic fretboard is just the chromatic one with the sharp/flat notes removed…"

"No, the fretboard spacing is determined by the scale length only...nothing to do wit…"

"Fat Liver Lee. How attractive. lol"

"This seems to fit our style also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm4OPzfdpAU"

"Nice set. One question...the double-neck LPG...I'd presume the two necks are tuned d…"

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