0 Measurements Posted by Joe Cantu on April 17, 2017 at 3:50pm in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever How far apart are the chords on a one string canjo. I am trying to build one. You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments! Join Cigar Box Nation Email me when people reply – Follow
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for dulcimer fretting, use frets 0 (nut) 2 4 5 7 9 11 12
and leave out frets 1 3 6 8 and 10.
Measure twice, erase pencil marks, redo math, measure twice again, cut once, curse like a sailor as it's still wrong, lol
It would sound sweet done totally backwards - only keep frets 1 3 6 8 and 10! Remiclud fretting?
The other fret method I've seen for canjo's is dulcimer fretting, Stewmac has those as well on the fret calculator.
Frets?
Try http://www.ekips.org/tools/guitar/fretfind2d/
Just tell it how long your scale length is (nut to bridge) and it will give you the measurements. It will even let you download a pdf with a pattern if you'd rather transfer the marks instead of measuring.
I'm guessing you mean the frets Joe, if so this should help--https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator.html