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#288857 - 17/10/11 04:00 PM
Steel string with flat fretboard?
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BristolPaul
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Maybe a silly question but is it possible to get a steel strung guitar with the flat fretboard that classical Guitars have instead of the curved version?
Are there any technical reasons why this would not be possible?
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#288868 - 18/10/11 09:22 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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Megi
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I can think of no reason at all why it can't be done - probably has been in fact. But doesn't tend to happen in practice. Fretboard curve is a funny thing - the trend over time seems to have been to less-curved (higher radius) fingerboards, certainly with electric Guitars. I recently made a telecaster from parts which has a more pronounced curve to the fingerboard - supposedly it makes chord work a bit easier. But it has taken me a while to get used to it in fact, at first it felt more awkward to play (better now though).
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#288870 - 18/10/11 09:48 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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BristolPaul
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Thanks Megi. I ask because I have been learning my first real piece of classical music, Romanza, on my steel string and find the barre combined with some of the stretches difficult to get clear notes but my kids nylon with its flat fretboard is some what easier to barre all six strings and stretch a couple of frets.
Incidentally I am finding one stretch impossible. In the E major part there is one chords barred at the fourth fret across all six string with middle finger on 3rd string fifth fret and little finger on 1st string at 8th fret. Any techniques for stretching fingers??
Edited by BristolPaul (18/10/11 09:50 AM)
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#288872 - 18/10/11 10:21 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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BristolPaul
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Ah, this guy makes it a bit easier ... i need to look at this one a bit
Edited by BristolPaul (18/10/11 10:23 AM)
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#288873 - 18/10/11 10:38 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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Megi
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Glad it helped - sometimes just seeing someone doing it helps more than anything - a picture tells a 1000 words as they say.
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#288874 - 18/10/11 10:39 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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BristolPaul
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No wonder I was struggling ... I have been struggling for days to get the fourth fret right and was focusing so much on the fact that it didn't sound right because of the stretch that I missed the fact that it didn't sound right because I was playing the wrong barre !!
I think it is sorted ... well soon will be when i practice. lol
Thank you once again Megi. I fear I am going to be a pain in the rear to you on this forum! Sorry.
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#288876 - 18/10/11 11:24 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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Megi
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No problem, it's nice to be able to help someone, cheers!
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#289085 - 27/10/11 11:50 AM
Re: Steel string with flat fretboard?
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Megi
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[quote=BristolPaul] "I think Colonel Gadaffi had a few little tricks..." and look where that got him! "Seriously though, just practice. I remember how impossible I found it to do a full 6 string barre on any guitar when I first tried it. It used to make a sort of "Thlunk" sound. Now I find it impossible to not be able to do it. "
Absolutely agree - just keep trying to do it right - be fussy about this, and before too long it becomes natural. Amazing how it happens really, but it does.
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