Alan Roberts's Discussions

First off, there is NO STANDARD TUNING for these instruments. They can be found from the tip of South Africa all the way north to Ethiopia. If there's a dozen ways to tune a guitar, there must be thousands of ways for a kalimba.

I lived for a while

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New things you can do with a guitar fret template

We have a LMI template for a 25.5" scale guitar fretboard. But a friend told me that this can be used for 25.5" dulcimer, too. "A dulcimer is just a guitar fretted without sharps and flats," he said. So I checked the fret calculator and saw that

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Drafting software

I wanted to draw up some plans before I started banging away on my next CBG. There are no drafting software packages in any of the local software stores. Lots of stuff for landscaping and archetecture, but I just need something that draws streight li

Started by Alan Roberts

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Alan Roberts's Discussions (6)

Building a Cigar Box Stompbox

Action

Pitch Bending with a Kalimba

Tuning the wild kalimba

New things you can do with a guitar fret template

Drafting software

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