My newest creation, one of my recovered Ancient Cypress Stick Dulcimers with a built-in piezoelectric pickup under the bridge.

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Comment by G.S.Monroe on October 27, 2012 at 12:20am

Well 407bug, the "trick" is called diatonic fret scale, as compared to the guitar's chromatic scale. In diatonic scale you only have whole notes and the "major" chords. Often you will see diatonic scales with the 6+, or the six and a half fret. That allows for sharps or flats. Here is a handy tool that gives you fret spacing... http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator

Comment by BUGGY (C) on October 26, 2012 at 10:38pm

Nice sound...hmm I need o build a dulcimer too... what's the trick to the fretting spacing?

Comment by Clock The Wolf on October 26, 2012 at 5:47pm

Looks fun ¬_¬

Comment by Leadfoot T on October 26, 2012 at 3:30pm

You got to love an electric! Nice work buddy - sounding fantastic. I've just started recording some celtic inspired tracks for a production company so can appreciate what you've created. I'll post on the Nation the stuff they dont want :)

Comment by W.M. Peterson on October 26, 2012 at 3:51am

That's one clean build !

Comment by the anonymous pick on October 26, 2012 at 12:18am

sounds   pretty   darn  gud man  ;-)

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