Has anyone ever heard of or seen a CBG or similar 3-string guitar set up with paired strings, like a 12-string regular guitar? Seems like that could be pretty fun...
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yeah . . . I've seen quite a few of them over the years (have built several . . . both cigar box and bent-wood pieces).
They're a ton of fun with a diatonic scale. Cool sound. I like leaving the bass string single, as a drone
yup, many folks have made Double Course Three Strings .
search "Double Course " top right of any page
Sweet, figured there was no way it wasn't a thing - thanks for letting me know what to look for!
cheers ;-)
Do you know, I was pondering that very thing on my drive to work this morning. I’d already decided it could be strung Gg-Dd-gg, thereby using all six strings in a set, before I figured that the string retainer above the zeroth fret would either be REAL fiddly to carve, or I’d have to revert to a threaded bar. Bolt for the bridge might work... The real issue would be the strain on the timber I use for necks (35mm x 20mm mahogany bench slats), bearing in mind that I have no idea how truss rods work, let alone know how to fit one...
On the drive home I thought I’d start with a two-string diddley-bow strung Gg and see how that flies. Watch this space!