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    Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Very nice work. May I ask what this is called and from what period in history?
  2. Thread: Buzzy note

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    Re: Buzzy note

    Are there very many musicians on the island? Sounds like a neat place to start a retirement business.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    The musical scale is a geometric progression of the 12th root of 2.
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    Re: Finally, a Lyon & Healy Set

    That’s very cool. I have read that the Gibson Mandobass has very poor sound. How does this compare?
  5. Re: How do you setup a tenor guitar CGDA vs a standard six string

    First off, you shouldn’t need special tools. The first step is to see how much relief is in the neck. If you rest a 12 inch straight edge on the 1st and 12th frets you should be able to slip a...
  6. Thread: Waldzither?

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    Re: Waldzither?

    Might be easier to find a Portuguese guitar and string it for tuning you need.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_guitar
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    I’m working on my perpetual motion machine.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    So what are these “ideal stings” made of that can bend at a sharp angle?
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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    The quality of the material is secondary to the quality of workmanship. You can make poor materials sound good with good workmanship but you can’t make poor workmanship sound good with great...
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    Re: Is this good for braces?

    I’ve seen worse on 100 year old Gibson guitars that are doing just fine. Just sayin’.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    There a thing about vibrating strings that most people don’t know. There is a dead area at both ends of a vibrating string. The thicker the string the longer that area is. And the shorter the string...
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    Oh, and by the way the Kala U-Bass has a nearly 21 in scale on a baritone ukulele body size. Not soprano ukulele size.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    I use these on my micro bass.
    https://www.amazon.com/Aquila-68U-Ukulele-Thundergut-Stability/dp/B007TI9NZY#:~:text=Thundergut%20is%20a%20special%20very,strings%20available%20in%20the%20market.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    U-Bass has very different kind of strings. They are a high density silicone rubber I think. The won’t work with a magnetic pickup and they aren’t very loud acousticly.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    Not to mention bending notes when you don’t want to.
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    Re: 14” octave string set questions

    To get that low on that short scale will cost you a lot of playability. I would say that octave tuning on anything shorter than 19 inches is a risk.
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    Re: What's the history of the ukecello?

    The Baroque guitar had 5 double strings. I’m sure there was an Italian version.
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    Re: What's the history of the ukecello?

    I did the octave lower ukulele 9 years ago. I called it a Contra ukulele. See video above.
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    Re: What's the history of the ukecello?

    I would guess there is no “history” beyond the present time. Someone decided to give it a try.
    I few years ago I decided to build an instrument tuned a full octave lower than a tenor ukulele. I...
  20. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    One of the problems of trying to replace the saddle is that the distance between holes is not standardized.
  21. Re: Saddle string slots are too low - replace saddle or fill in s

    File all the slots to be in alignment with each other. Then reshape the top of the saddle to look right. The adjust the height with the adjustment nuts.
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    Re: Sarah Jarosz full concert video 2/27/24

    So that’s an arch top guitar body octave mandolin? It looks big for an octave mandolin. The band drowns it out so I can’t hear it at all and she has it capoed. Sure it’s not a mandocello?
  23. Re: Going from mandolin to tenor guitar - technique differences?

    I would think that there are fewer bluegrass people on tenor guitar than the rest of this forum.
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    Re: anyone seen/tried a B&J two point like this?

    Some B&J tenor guitars are identical to KayKraft so maybe Stromberg Voicinet. They did a lot with pressed tops.
  25. Re: Going from mandolin to tenor guitar - technique differences?

    Us non-bluegrass people have to stick together.
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