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Permalink Reply by Rick Martin on February 25, 2010 at 3:32am

Haven't tried it, but it sounds reasonable if you use those thin ties. Anything goes in the CBG world - No Rules! If it works, let us know.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on February 25, 2010 at 5:02am

I was going to put some on my cello, but I could not find any that were thin enough and also long enough to go around the neck.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on February 25, 2010 at 6:00am

I found these. They should be long enough to go around most necks that one would use on a cbg, and they are only 2.5 mm wide, which seems to be about the width of some of the bigger fret wire.

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on February 25, 2010 at 8:17am

I think you meant this:'

http://www.cabletiesplus.com/Departments/Cable-Ties/Miniature-Cable...

Good find! I"ll take black, thank you.

Michael Gajeski said:

I found these. They should be long enough to go around most necks that one would use on a cbg, and they are only 2.5 mm wide, which seems to be about the width of some of the bigger fret wire.

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Permalink Reply by HENRY LOWMAN on February 25, 2010 at 9:17am

Probably...haven't tried it. Used fishing liune as tied on frets once with good results, though you have to look up how to tie lute or tar frets to get it right.

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on February 25, 2010 at 9:28am

It seems like the fastener would get in the way of playing. I've tried someone's lute with fishing line frets and it worked well. Back in the old days before frets, they would use gut. The modern version is fishing line.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on February 25, 2010 at 1:18pm

i'm thinking two dowels with a separate fret board. With the cable ties only around the fret board, the catch would sit in the space between the dowels.

Skeesix said:

It seems like the fastener would get in the way of playing. I've tried someone's lute with fishing line frets and it worked well. Back in the old days before frets, they would use gut. The modern version is fishing line.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Taylor on February 25, 2010 at 5:17pm

i suggested these before in another forum when someone wanted BLACK frets, was told they would be too soft....guess its worth a try they are dirt cheap and easy to replace anyway
Do you intend to glue them down or just zip up? gluing on their edge in slot on neck could be ok?
As they say on here anyway there are NO RULES, do what you like to try....

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on February 25, 2010 at 11:22pm

might as well use fret wire if I'm going to go to the trouble of cutting slots for them. I'm just going to zip them up as tight as I can. If it doesn't work, I'll just jack up the action and have another slide guitar.

Peter Taylor said:

i suggested these before in another forum when someone wanted BLACK frets, was told they would be too soft....guess its worth a try they are dirt cheap and easy to replace anyway
Do you intend to glue them down or just zip up? gluing on their edge in slot on neck could be ok?
As they say on here anyway there are NO RULES, do what you like to try....

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on February 25, 2010 at 11:54pm

Tying on frets using gut or nylon has been done since ancient times. Certainly using plastic ties should work. Unfortunately, one side effect is the neck is no longer smooth. You have all those ties around it. Check out this canjitar video and site:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKnxXrV7bo

http://www.cyberferal.com

He solved this problem by wraping heavy nylon fishing line around the fingerboard to produce frets, and then attached the fingerboard to the neck. Pretty creative!

Enjoy.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on February 26, 2010 at 5:52am

Works pretty good for me. I keep the action on the high side. The trick is pulling the ties super tight and aligning the tabs so they're all on the forward upper edge of the finger board - and thus out of the way.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/harvest-moon-on-3string-canjo

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on February 26, 2010 at 10:22am

That was awesome. Thanks.

Knotlenny said:

Works pretty good for me. I keep the action on the high side. The trick is pulling the ties super tight and aligning the tabs so they're all on the forward upper edge of the finger board - and thus out of the way.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/harvest-moon-on-3string-canjo

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