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Permalink Reply by Al Allen (Hangten) on June 2, 2010 at 5:06pm

Great spot, and it even does UKEs - Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on June 3, 2010 at 1:07am

Wow, that IS handy, I'm starting to play cello like an upright bass.

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 3, 2010 at 6:37am

Cool Diane. I've heard of people doing that with a cello. It's more portable than an upright, and acoustic bass guitars just can't keep up with a regular strummed guitar in volume.

I'm planning to build something like the "canotto" with some 1/8" ply I have in the shed:

http://liutaiomottola.com/instruments/canotto.htm

Feel free to beat me to it!

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Permalink Reply by Larry McInnes on June 4, 2010 at 3:51pm

I think I broke it. How'd you get the three strings? The custom button doesn't seem to work for me.

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Permalink Reply by BenBob on June 4, 2010 at 5:25pm

Click Instrument --> "Custom"
Under "Tuning Notes" enter "A,E,A" (with commas, no quotes)
Click "Set"

Go to "Scale" or "Chord" and pick a root and whatever scale or chord you want.

BTW, it doesn't show you a single chord fingering or scale pattern, it just shows you where all the notes are located so you can figure out your own voicing / fingering.

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