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hey thanks...
actually its diatonic, its dead simple to play.. no ugly notes, you just go for it. there no scales or patterns or any such tedious nonsense to know cos its built into the instrument, it was designed as an educational tool and an instrument for the disabled..
a zero fret can make sliding a little trickier yes, but certainly not impossible, you just need to learn a lighter touch. In my opinion a zero fret is the ticket to sonic nirvana, i havent done a neck without for more than 8 months
Now I didn't say perfect intonation was impossible. With experience, that will come as you learn. It's just more than 1 or 2 variables.
Most of mine are dead on now. Worst case scenario is a few "cents" off ....... no one could ever hear that small a difference.
AFKAM
What Wes said. Skootch the nut away from the bridge between 1/16 and 1/32", and leave all the other frets exactly where they belong, and that helps compensate for string stretch when playing at the nut. That plus using a zero fret has made my more recent instruments much closer to the elusive "perfect".
Wes "Moanin' Mule" Yates said:
Imma with Matt on this one. Intonation is not hard to achieve yet you will never achieve perfect intonation. You might get close but will still be off. My B and G strings (I use DGBe strings) are always out a little. But if you think of it, no matter what you do, you will never perfectly achieve exact tonality by sheer nature of the strings, their mass, the gauge, the type, what note is their root... There is a great article that explains this all.
http://www.doolinguitars.com/intonation/intonation1.html
I especially like page 4 where they go into intonation at the nut. Diane (in Chicago) and I both have used this method. Werks Reel Well.
-WY
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