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@skip • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":

"Welcome to the zipper club, assuming you're not having the computer aided version. You're not going to lift anything very heavy or even close a car door for..."

@skip • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"I've been on the road and this is the 1st time I could check back. The chat room seems to be working now on my laptop and tablet, at least the 'hello all'..."

@skip • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"On my Android tablet there is NO chat icon unless you click on the overflow icon [3 vert dots, upper right] and select/check 'desktop site'. then you get the..."

@skip • 6 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"No changes needed by me. I was just passing along some additional information. I was logged in on both devices also."

@skip • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"I only have laptops and a tablet. Just about everyone I know uses laptops, so no access to a desktop I know of. I did check on windows and got the same..."

@skip • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"The SQL error is what I got from the 'select room' dropdown. I'm using a laptop."

@skip • one week ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "FOTMD Chat Room!":

"I get the same thing with Opera and Chromium. It's on a Linux machine, if that makes any difference."

@skip • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":

"Strumelia: Which brings up the existential question... if one were to put a fret marker on every fret- what purpose would it serve? Could be both..."

@skip • 4 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Fret Markers":

"I came to the dulcimer without any music background at all. Fret markers were just a decoration and my 1st dulcimer was a kit without markers. I didn't..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:

"What about folks working for a company [multiple employees, McSpadden, Martin, Yamaha, Oscar Schmidt, D'Aigle, etc] making stringed instruments?"

@skip • one month ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on What is a "luthier" ?:

"Personally, I appreciate being called a 'luthier' [strokes my ego quite nicely], even though I have only made/designed about a dozen mountain dulcimers a..."

@skip • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Music theory/Mode question ":

"Inversion of Gm7 according to..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Bridge and Nut fix question":

"traildad: Won’t the two strings sound different as one is stretched more that the other? I assume it’s important to have the action the same, especially..."

@skip • 2 months ago • comments: 39
Posted a new Comment on Modern Noter Drone Dulcimers:

"You're describing a specific design that interests you [and, maybe a few others]. You could probably special order what you describe from a smaller maker..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":

"I've never seen one of the old ones. A call to Jim Woods at McSpadden may be helpful. "

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Where do I add the Strap Buttons on a OLD McSpadden.":

"I installed one on a similar instrument. The one on the scroll was on the bottom of the scroll with the screw pointed more or less towards the nut. The..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Turning your acoustic into an electric amplified.":

"Where the wire hole is depends on the style of bar pickup. There are 2 styles I've used, one is aimed at violins with the wire exiting from the center of the..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "GigBook & a pedal":

"Their site implies the files are pdf's. You may find them using a file management program [in the apps data folder maybe]. If so, you should be able to..."

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":

"What they said. The wider fretboard gives more room between strings, if needed, a plus for big fingers and for 4 equidistant strings. "

@skip • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":

"Both make excellent instruments, as do a bunch of other luthiers. I think it would serve you best to consider the mechanical features rather than 'models' or..."