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@skip • 14 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Do Not Upgrade Your Mac To Catalina For A Bit":

"I've used linux 20+ years and I dual boot Ubuntu/Win 10. You might try these on tefview: www.banjohangout.org/archive/223939"

@skip • 21 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Do Not Upgrade Your Mac To Catalina For A Bit":

"Thirty-two bit support is pretty much on the way out, across the board, on all fronts, not just Apple."

@skip • 4 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Best Fix?":

"You could just replace the bridge and not worry about the saddle."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Best Fix?":

"My first thought was your second fix, but it may look a bit strange unless you match really well or contrast the repair material. Then I thought it may work..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Possum board revisited:

"1- Yes 2- Used as posts, glued into holes, glue is fine. 3- Finish, spray or? 4- Vertical posts, a piece of clear tubing will work fine. 5- There should..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Standard, Baritone, or Bass Dulcimer Tuning :

"After sleeping on it, I think it would be when strings need to be changed to another size. Generally strings need changing when increasing more than,..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Standard, Baritone, or Bass Dulcimer Tuning :

"Baritone Bb as opposed to standard Bb or Base Bb, or Soprano Bb, indicating approximate sound [frequency] range[s]. Construction is something else, eg., a..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Blackest Crow finger placement:

"I use my thumb a lot. Starting at the 1 in the 6th measure, I used my ring on the 1, then thumb on 2. I used middle on 3, thumb on both 4's, slide back to..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Removing a fretboard":

"I wouldn't recommend a heat gun, really high risk of burning the top especially around the sound holes and head/tailstock. Been there, done that. Heat works..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Placement for Piezo Pickup:

"Since you're building it, I suggest using a bar in the bridge, less undesirable noise. I made one about 4.5 inches wide and used a bar in the bridge pickup..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 11
Posted a new Comment on Tuning peg knobs:

"You would have to watch the hole/grain relationship a lot closer using a dowel."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 11
Posted a new Comment on Tuning peg knobs:

"Poster putty [sticky putty] on a board. No residue and holds petty good. Hole 1st. You might be able to start with them all on a stick then cut them apart."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning for a 4 Equidistant String Dulcimer":

"Like most everything else with a MD, there is not a 'proper' tuning for 4 equidistant, it depends on what you're trying to do. The strings are equally spaced..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Using a strap":

"FYI- DON"T use the strap to carry the MD like a rifle or purse, over your shoulder, unless you have installed straplocks. The strap could come off the..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Question about A string loudness on DAD tuning:

"You can get 'free' tuners for android phones that work well. One is 'gstrings', which is pretty good. There may be some for iphones also."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Question about A string loudness on DAD tuning:

"This site will help. The results are on the light side. http://www.strothers.com/string_choice.html"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Question about A string loudness on DAD tuning:

"Try tuning to DGD and see if that middle string is still dominant. If that helps then your dulcimer may be more resonant at that frequency [note] Then a..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "How to Convert guitar tab to mt. dulcimer":

"As far as I know, there is no way to convert guitar tab to dulcimer tab. I think most folks would start with the standard music notation [SMN] and write..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bass string gauges":

"What's it's current tuning, bass to treble?"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Tell us your reason for choosing a chromatic dulcimer!:

"More options, less hassle, sounds the same as a diatonic [except for N/D]. I started out just wanting to build one. Then I thought I should learn how to..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Basic Fingerpicking Techniques:

"Since it's 5 years old I looked at his site. It looks like he removed it,"

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 84
Posted a new Comment on Beginner players:

"Mary Barnsdale: I have some tab (Bad Moon Rising) that has one position I just can't figure out how to play. 3-1-2 (with 3 being the bass string). How is..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dulcimer tuning problem":

"Check the fret spacing using a fret calculator. https://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator.html"

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on What software best used for viewing music during jam session:

"MobileSheets Pro allows the use of a bluetooth or usb pedal in addition to auto scroll or touch screen turning. The pedal is plug and play when bluetooth..."

@skip • 3 months ago

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@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Weird Foods You’ve Eaten":

"My Dad fixed tongue [cow] which was then sliced. Had some good haggis and neeps [mashed turnips] in Scotland. Germans have magen [tripe] soup and pickled..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Spool Clamps:

"Just use 1/4-20 threaded rod cut to length. Use red loctite on a nut on one end or lock it on using a center punch on the nut/rod thread junction."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Richard and Denise Wilson dulcimer - needs a bridge":

"You couldl probably make it yourself, which is pretty easy. Just about any hard material will work, a threaded rod, hard wood, hard plastic, corian, etc, as..."