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Topic: Vintage Japanese convertible steel. |
Julian Goldwhite
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Alhambra, CA, USA
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 29 Sep 2010 6:05 pm |
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| Notice anything odd about the fret markers? |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 1:07 pm
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| Lee Baucum wrote: |
| Notice anything odd about the fret markers? |
Other than being actual frets, no..., but I do like the PU cover! |
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Stephen Baker
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Lancashire, UK
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 1:18 pm
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| I did, they are wrong at the 9th & 10th frets and I thought the Japanese were the masters of copying. |
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Julian Goldwhite
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Alhambra, CA, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 2:31 pm
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While the placement of the fret markers might be not the most typical, it is by no means unprecedented. I have a couple Hilo hawaiian guitars from the 20's that also have markers on the 10th rather than 9th fret, and I believe many of the fretted instruments made by Oscar Schmidt also had this arrangement.
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Lynn Oliver
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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Sep 2010 6:09 pm
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| Julian Goldwhite wrote: |
| While the placement of the fret markers might be not the most typical, it is by no means unprecedented. I have a couple Hilo hawaiian guitars from the 20's that also have markers on the 10th rather than 9th fret, and I believe many of the fretted instruments made by Oscar Schmidt also had this arrangement. |
As well as most banjos. I've read that it is intended to mimic the patter of white and black keys on a piano. |
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Charley Wilder
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Dover, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2010 9:13 am
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| It's on the 10th on my mandolin also. |
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