Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T15:44:56ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetryhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/306113500?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/smokinmandolins/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0khxozq4qgep5&feed=yes&xn_auth=no4 or 8 strings?tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-10-13:2592684:Topic:29586782017-10-13T02:37:51.729ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
<p>Hey all I'm new around here. I've been playing mandolin for a few months now and i love it. I'm thinking of doing a CBM build.</p>
<p>My question is 4 or 8 strings? If i go with 4 strings would the CB Gitty Uke necks and tuners be OK to use with mandolin stings? Or am I better off getting a full neck and a full 8 string tuner, doing a neck through design?</p>
<p>I'm wanting to put either a piezo with tone knob or single coil Delta bucker pick up with tone nob. I have basic carpentry…</p>
<p>Hey all I'm new around here. I've been playing mandolin for a few months now and i love it. I'm thinking of doing a CBM build.</p>
<p>My question is 4 or 8 strings? If i go with 4 strings would the CB Gitty Uke necks and tuners be OK to use with mandolin stings? Or am I better off getting a full neck and a full 8 string tuner, doing a neck through design?</p>
<p>I'm wanting to put either a piezo with tone knob or single coil Delta bucker pick up with tone nob. I have basic carpentry skills, and decent hand tools to work with so i'm not afraid of the work, ill be taking my time with the build.</p>
<p>So what do you all think? Abbreviated mandolin with 4 strings, or full mandolin with 8 strings? Piezo style pick up or delta bucker pick up?</p> Can I make a neck out of a pice of maple that's 2" squared by 18" ?tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2016-12-04:2592684:Topic:27408622016-12-04T22:31:49.622ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
<p>Would that be wide enough for a mandolin neck?</p>
<p>Would that be wide enough for a mandolin neck?</p> Playing chords with the melodytag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2013-08-28:2592684:Topic:17039912013-08-28T21:10:09.027ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
<p>I am new to cigar box nation, I learned to play the violin so I can pick out a few tunes, but I've never learned to play chords, Is it possible to play the melody with chords so as the tunes are not just individual string notes. How does one go about learning to play chords and maintain the melody?</p>
<p>I am new to cigar box nation, I learned to play the violin so I can pick out a few tunes, but I've never learned to play chords, Is it possible to play the melody with chords so as the tunes are not just individual string notes. How does one go about learning to play chords and maintain the melody?</p> Cigar Box Mandolin helptag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2012-09-05:2592684:Topic:12339042012-09-05T03:28:41.441ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
<p>i am new to the cigar box world and i was hoping to get some tips on Cigar Box Mandolins! </p>
<p>i am new to the cigar box world and i was hoping to get some tips on Cigar Box Mandolins! </p> Bolt on VS Through Necks for Mandolinstag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2011-09-08:2592684:Topic:8035152011-09-08T13:19:39.508ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
<p>Hello mando-makers,</p>
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<p>I'm consider making a bolt on neck but it seems to me that the tension of so many strings would put the box under a lot of stress. I'm wondering what your experiences have been either bolting on or going through. Are their advantages and disadvantages to either approach?</p>
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<p>Hello mando-makers,</p>
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<p>I'm consider making a bolt on neck but it seems to me that the tension of so many strings would put the box under a lot of stress. I'm wondering what your experiences have been either bolting on or going through. Are their advantages and disadvantages to either approach?</p>
<p> </p> Mandolin Nut Course Spacingtag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2010-01-04:2592684:Topic:1699812010-01-04T16:02:40.432ZThomas "Duck" Petryhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/ThomasPetry
If the two strings in a course are too far apart, your finger will jam between them when playing, completely messing up the tone and intonation. I recently learned this by trial and error when completing a long scale mandolin. On my third try, I ended up with the course strings about 1/8" apart (center to center). Courses were approx. 1/4" apart (edge to edge). These dimensions are not exact, and your results may vary. With close spacing, I was concerned about strings buzzing against each…
If the two strings in a course are too far apart, your finger will jam between them when playing, completely messing up the tone and intonation. I recently learned this by trial and error when completing a long scale mandolin. On my third try, I ended up with the course strings about 1/8" apart (center to center). Courses were approx. 1/4" apart (edge to edge). These dimensions are not exact, and your results may vary. With close spacing, I was concerned about strings buzzing against each other; but that worry paled against my fingers jamming between the strings with wide spacing. There is a similar issue at the bridge, but you can get away with a little wider spacing at the saddle, maybe 3/16". Again, results vary, and be prepared to make more than one nut or saddle before pronouncing the action set. The courses in the attached photo are too far apart. Good Luck!! Steven (CarolinaFiddle.com) P.S. A "course" is more than one string installed close together and fingered in unison by the player. Most mandolins have 4 double courses. You will rarely also see triple courses on some instruments.