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Comment by Uncle John on June 21, 2014 at 8:59am

Actually, today I did borrow from this and Pick's reminder about bobby pins.   I retrofitted bobby pin frets to a GDG I like.  Not as purty as yours, brdfrd.  And I did make a gluey mess of my fingers.   But they work just great~!

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 20, 2014 at 5:11am

get   whoever   is   typing  for you  to    help  ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on June 20, 2014 at 4:49am

ASAP.  

Comment by Uncle John on June 20, 2014 at 4:49am

Hep me!  Hep me!   My right index and naughty fingers are super-glued to the fret board.  Please Advise.

Comment by the anonymous pick on June 20, 2014 at 2:30am

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Comment by Uncle John on June 20, 2014 at 1:59am

You turds.  I am including you, Matthew.  I need to quit building due to too many gits on hand.  And then you show me something cool I have not done.  

Huh.  I have an excellent fretless that I could do something like this to.  That would not really be building.   Hmm.  Hey, wait a minute.  What's the comment on nylon strings, Matthew?  I would use metal strings. 

Comment by Matthew Borczon on June 20, 2014 at 1:21am

I find the tooth picks to work really well and it does not take that long to do it. It is also really inexpensive. Especially when you know you plan to use nylon strings.

Comment by brdfrd on June 19, 2014 at 11:06pm

Ah, see--I started with my home made miter box and saw, then used a square needle file with a point down to notch them, and finally dropped the square tooth pick in. I used a sharp chisel to nip the ends, and 100 grit paper over an oak block to chamfer the edges.

 

The filing the edges on the fret wire is what kills me--it's like 36 opportunities to scre up the edge of the fret board.

Comment by Richey Kay on June 19, 2014 at 10:57pm

:) Yeah, but it's a matter of getting them on straight, rounding them off etc.

Whereas with fret wire you can just use a mitre box for the slots, pop em in and file 'em off. Maybe I'm just getting quicker in general...

Comment by brdfrd on June 19, 2014 at 10:43pm

Really? I found it way easier and faster than fret wire. I figured they're just going to get used for light sabers at some point, so no need to go to the expense and trouble.

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