question for ya.
has any one just put frets on the 3,5,7,9,12,15th and not fretted the others.
just a thought. because playing a slide you use these markers so I thought why not fret these to just for the fun of it.after all theres no rules on these cbg's?.
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The markers are there as convenient reference points rather than for strictly musical interval or musical theory reasons...on a uke and a banjo they are traditionally at different positions to the guitar (10th fret on uke and banjo instead of 9th on the guitar). So, there's no reason why you shouldn't, but then again there's no logical or useful reason reason why you should make a guitar this way. Try it and see if it catches on!
I like to be able to fret even when I play slide but I find I hardly ever go above the 5th fret so I'm going to fret only the first five next time and just mark the rest.
Yep. If I could take the time away from three other projects on my benches. Electric upright bass, 5-string guitar and an early start on a 4 string Cohiba box with ribbon quarter sawn sapele veneer like I did redwood burl on your resonator.
I only go 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 - after that is shredder territory... ;-)
Either fret it, or forget it.... jes don't "fret 'bout it"! ( If you're playin' "strictly slide" frets just get in the way....... but you will probably still need "side markers" as "reference points" (( unless you blind... as in Blind Willie Johnson, arguably "the greatest slide player ever" ..... Think about it.... blind players at least have the tactile sense of the frets, until they put on a slide.... at which point it becomes..... pure pitch, music, etc. )))
I have fretted several at the 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15 - ( non blues diatonic scale ), I then seem to often add the 3, (flatted third) and 10 ( slatted 7th) for blues. the reduced number of frets seems t help the non-players feel more musical because they have no bad notes to hit. I also make the 5th , 7th and 12th side markers much larger. But as you mentioned, there are no rules
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