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CBM (Mando) 3 Stringer Attempt

So time to try this... -Glenn

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Comment by Glenn Kaiser on April 15, 2023 at 10:08am: Agreed Unc, got a couple ideas to try on the bridge. -Glenn

Comment by Uncle John on April 15, 2023 at 9:47am: Yup, on the intonation. The shorter the scale the harder to get right. 3 eases the task.

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on April 15, 2023 at 9:19am: Thanks Uncle John, we shall see... going to take my time and try to get it right, the intonation in particular. I dig the double course string sound but -really- like 3 stringers. -Glenn

Comment by Uncle John on April 15, 2023 at 2:19am: Hope you like the outcome. I think you might be happier with a four string in GDAE standard mando tuning. There are 2 finger chords that make playing easy in the keys of G and C.

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on April 14, 2023 at 5:02am: Time for converting this ol' mandolin neck to a 3 string cbg. Here we go... -Glenn

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