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John E. Franklin

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Registered: 2005-08-29

Posts: 3,588

Stringed Instrument Discoveries

I took the frets off my 2nd hand electric guitar.
In this way, you can play the "real numbers"
of frequencies, not just the "natural numbers".
I lifted the strings higher with provided
screws in the vicinity where the bridge would
be on a violin.   By having a larger angle
of incidence with the fingerboard, then you
avoid "buzzing" sounds, since I have no
frets now.  If you tune higher, you can also
avoid buzzing sounds.  Since the fingerboard
is not on a nice "smiley face" curve from one
end of the string to the other, then the tension
in the string when you press it down is
different along the board.  This changes the
frequency of the note, and then the finger
positions are thrown off a bit left/right to
achieve the sound desired!!  My fingerboard
is flat, but I just thought of the smileyface
curve idea, where the fingerboard might be
its furthest from the strings halfway down the
string from the held ends.  ~Bye Now~

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NullRoot

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Registered: 2007-11-19

Posts: 162

Re: Stringed Instrument Discoveries

Sounds like a bass with guitar strings.

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