Posted by Uncle John on October 22, 2013 at 9:04pm
Good playing relic build. Sheet metal tail-piece. Yard stick fret board. Piezo. Sound hole on player side of box. Red pencil side fret markers (colored into a shallow bore with a 1/8 inch bit.Most of us start with fretless builds. I did too, more than 5 years back. But only recently have I been able to play them decently. Having fun now!
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Pat, it's possible to finger barre, etc., but I get kind of a muted sound. I will finger where the first 3 frets would be and then use the slide from there.
Yep, ya know I like the yardsticks John! Can you finger pluck without the frets, if ya got enough action break height from low-top to high-bottom it should still chord out too.
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Yard sticks measure up, Kevin. And it seems a bit of a shame to chop em up with frets. But I have done it.
Cousins! :) my builds almost always have yardstick fingerboards..the older and crustier, the better. Haven't progressed to frets yet.
Pat, it's possible to finger barre, etc., but I get kind of a muted sound. I will finger where the first 3 frets would be and then use the slide from there.
Yep, ya know I like the yardsticks John! Can you finger pluck without the frets, if ya got enough action break height from low-top to high-bottom it should still chord out too.
Me too, SD. I just really like yard sticks. I have about 20 yards of them and once in a while sacrifice one for a guitar.
Sweet! You know how I love the yardstick fingerboards!