Re: [tuning] Mandolin Refret?

the only problem i've encountered is the actual tuning. i have always hated tuning mandolins, and my specific playing style requires the hard plucking of the strings, thus demanding frequent retuning. But perhaps it's just the mandolin

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Gary Morrison wrote:
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> From: Gary Morrison <MR88CET@TEXAS.NET>
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> Have any of you detwelvulated a mandolin before? Once you've done a few
> guitars, is there anything unexpectedly tricky on a mandolin refret job?

I would think that a mandolin would be perfect for
equal temperaments less than 12tet. Those frets
could get very tightly spaced with that scale length.

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