After watching the featured video today, I'm wondering if you can actually use cable tie frets on a non-slide guitar with reasonable results. Has anybody tried it?
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Works pretty good for me. I keep the action on the high side. The trick is pulling the ties super tight and aligning the tabs so they're all on the forward upper edge of the finger board - and thus out of the way.
Works pretty good for me. I keep the action on the high side. The trick is pulling the ties super tight and aligning the tabs so they're all on the forward upper edge of the finger board - and thus out of the way.
Tying on frets using gut or nylon has been done since ancient times. Certainly using plastic ties should work. Unfortunately, one side effect is the neck is no longer smooth. You have all those ties around it. Check out this canjitar video and site:
He solved this problem by wraping heavy nylon fishing line around the fingerboard to produce frets, and then attached the fingerboard to the neck. Pretty creative!
might as well use fret wire if I'm going to go to the trouble of cutting slots for them. I'm just going to zip them up as tight as I can. If it doesn't work, I'll just jack up the action and have another slide guitar.
Peter Taylor said:
i suggested these before in another forum when someone wanted BLACK frets, was told they would be too soft....guess its worth a try they are dirt cheap and easy to replace anyway Do you intend to glue them down or just zip up? gluing on their edge in slot on neck could be ok? As they say on here anyway there are NO RULES, do what you like to try....
i suggested these before in another forum when someone wanted BLACK frets, was told they would be too soft....guess its worth a try they are dirt cheap and easy to replace anyway
Do you intend to glue them down or just zip up? gluing on their edge in slot on neck could be ok?
As they say on here anyway there are NO RULES, do what you like to try....
i'm thinking two dowels with a separate fret board. With the cable ties only around the fret board, the catch would sit in the space between the dowels.
Skeesix said:
It seems like the fastener would get in the way of playing. I've tried someone's lute with fishing line frets and it worked well. Back in the old days before frets, they would use gut. The modern version is fishing line.
It seems like the fastener would get in the way of playing. I've tried someone's lute with fishing line frets and it worked well. Back in the old days before frets, they would use gut. The modern version is fishing line.
Probably...haven't tried it. Used fishing liune as tied on frets once with good results, though you have to look up how to tie lute or tar frets to get it right.
I found these. They should be long enough to go around most necks that one would use on a cbg, and they are only 2.5 mm wide, which seems to be about the width of some of the bigger fret wire.
I found these. They should be long enough to go around most necks that one would use on a cbg, and they are only 2.5 mm wide, which seems to be about the width of some of the bigger fret wire.
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Knotlenny said:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/harvest-moon-on-3string-canjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gKnxXrV7bo
http://www.cyberferal.com
He solved this problem by wraping heavy nylon fishing line around the fingerboard to produce frets, and then attached the fingerboard to the neck. Pretty creative!
Enjoy.
Peter Taylor said:
Do you intend to glue them down or just zip up? gluing on their edge in slot on neck could be ok?
As they say on here anyway there are NO RULES, do what you like to try....
Skeesix said:
http://www.cabletiesplus.com/Departments/Cable-Ties/Miniature-Cable...
Good find! I"ll take black, thank you.
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