Hobo Music Works, 2019. — 247 p. In this complete how-to guide, Ben walks builders of Cigar Box Guitars and other homemade instruments through all of the steps of installing frets on their instruments, from basic methods using simple hand tools to more advanced methods using specialty and power tools. Author Ben "Gitty" Baker is the founder of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, where...
September 2008 Completed by Ron Cook for Richard Latker The German Scheitholt has been around in various forms since the 1600s. The earliest known description is from 1614 in Syntagma Musicum II, by Michael Praetorius (see figure below). In it he gave the dimensions of a four stringed instrument with unevenly spaced frets fastened directly to the soundboard. The fret spacing...
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