Can a CBG without frets be played as if there was fret wires installed and not just fret location marked (such as being burned in) on the finger board?
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Can a CBG without frets be played as if there was fret wires installed and not just fret location marked (such as being burned in) on the finger board?
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I've been struggling with "hammers" on my 1-string canjo with bobby-pin frets. (Thanks to "Oily" Sprague for that idea.)
It seems that the energy for the hammer-on sound comes when the string is briskly slammed against the metal fret. When the frets are not very fat (like when you use bobby pins), you've got to be precise. Hit your finger tip too close to the fret and you damp the string. Hit too far away from the fret and the impact isn't enough to produce much sound. I've been pleased to find that experimenting and practice did improve the result, but the results are not nearly as dramatic as on my bass guitar with huge fat frets (and an amplifier).
Pull-offs are a different matter. You need to "kiss" the string with your caloused finger tip as you pull away in order to start the string vibrating. Think of it as sort of half-heartedly plucking the string with your fretting hand. Owners of fine traditional guitars may not have to do this because their instruments are so sensitive, but dulcimer players have been doing it for years.
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lol, totally brings back flashbacks of me shredding the bobbies on oily's swamp witch in a bobby-pin abuse test before i sent it off to him .. lol.
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I have well and truly abused the bobbies on my Swampy. I think I've glued new replacement ones on four or five frets, and hafta glue at least one back on every time I play it. Which is waaay easier than doing a fret job. ;-)
"toss another shred on da bobbies " ;-)
was just a "shrimp on da barbie " reference ;-)
indeed i bet Ellie and Steve are callin you at the moment ;-)
yup . just as fretless basses , and fretless guitars that are not "sliders" . if you have a straight neck , and hard flat f-board surface , and proper action. you can still fret notes , even chords , but depending on the build .. it may sound a bit more "dull" or somewhat "muted " .