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Topic: bar idea to simulate spanish guitar |
Gary Spaeth
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2019 6:30 am |
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| i was thinking about making a bar out of a hardwood dowel flattening one side and installing a guitar fret in the middle of the flat side. this might give the same sustain quality as a six string spanish. has anyone ever tried this? might be a cool way to jump to guitar parts and get the bite guitars have. ya i'm crazy. |
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2019 10:35 am
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Have you tried a plastic prescription pill bottle? It makes more of a banjo sound. Kind of hilarious, actually.
With your idea, you would have to keep the bar almost perfectly steady, with no rolling, as you slide from fret to fret. Also, you might think about wrapping the fret wire up on the ends of the dowel a little so you could move it across from string to string without catching on the blunt metal end of the fret, or muting out on the wood. Interesting, worth a try. |
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Gary Spaeth
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2019 2:18 pm
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| on second thought i wouldn't flatten the side i put the fret on so less likely to drag and even grind it teardrop shaped. maybe file the fret rounded on the ends so not to catch. |
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Matt Pleasant
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2019 9:15 am
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Love this thought! Please post any results!
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Oh what a boring old world it would be
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Gary Spaeth
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2019 10:58 am
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| i used to have some fret material around but now i can't find it. if someone has a 3-4 inch piece please sell it to me. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 11:38 am
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I'm thinking that something as narrow as a guitar fret is going to give you a lot of noise when sliding on the wound strings, and it will also probably tend to wear fairly quickly. 
(I'd also suspect less sustain unless the fret were mounted on a large metallic bar.) |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 28 Oct 2019 7:34 pm Bar idea to simulate spanish guitar
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If you have a hobby shop or second hand store near. Check and see if they have any Toy Train Track. Some rails on toy train tracks is shaped like fret stock, It being steel will be harder and last longer than a piece of brass or nickel fret stock, If it gives you the sound you are seeking.
Just a tinkers thought. |
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