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Fingerboard navigation aids
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SteveS
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Fingerboard navigation aids
It took me quite a while to learn the fretboard on guitars, and am anticipating a bit of a learning curve with my Stick once I get it. I noted Greg Howard using "violin tape" in his re-tuning video, but some research on this forum confirmed my experience that anodized aluminum as used on the Railboard presents problems with some self-adhesive stuff. It seems that automotive pin-striping paint works ok, but I ran across this post from a member who hasn't been around for a couple of years, and was wondering if this suggestion is worth trying. I know that "magic marker" removes with alcohol and a bit of elbow-grease, but these are something different, and whatever I do has to be reversible. I'm not concerned with getting it applied well. Being a luthier I'm used to working with magnifiers and doing very fine detailed work, so I know I can get it on neatly. I just know that a year or two down the road I won't need the markings anymore, and will want to remove them. Has anyone any experience with these markers? Note that I'm not looking to go crazy with marking a whole bunch of rails, but grounding myself by marking the "C" and "G" notes at minimum would certainly help me get my bearings. Thanks. Subject: removing color/ anodizing from railboard frets and markers?
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:32 pm |
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mike.hoegeman
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
I think Avery type label dots will probably work ok. If they fall off every once in a while no big deal . I would at least try those until you find them unacceptable
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:09 pm |
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Markussz
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
There is an instructor in tap guitar (Daniel Schell) who is an advocate of marking all C notes, with dots. https://tapguitar.net/index.php/tunings/all-pages/
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:31 pm |
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SteveS
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
mike.hoegeman wrote: I think Avery type label dots will probably work ok. If they fall off every once in a while no big deal . I would at least try those until you find them unacceptable Good advice given that they're cheap. Thanks, Mike.
_________________ >>=Steve=>> I require quotation marks when I say I'm a "musician"! Rosewood #1027 Baritone Melody, StickUps Blue Railboard #7228 Matched Reciprocal, EMG block
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:34 pm |
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SteveS
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
Markussz wrote: There is an instructor in tap guitar (Daniel Schell) who is an advocate of marking all C notes, with dots. I'd originally thought of all B-C and E-F locations, but that's over half of all diatonic values - that might be a bit much! I figure I'll start with C, and add G if I need it.
_________________ >>=Steve=>> I require quotation marks when I say I'm a "musician"! Rosewood #1027 Baritone Melody, StickUps Blue Railboard #7228 Matched Reciprocal, EMG block
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:35 pm |
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Markussz
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
If your stick is tuned in a standard tuning, you shouldn't need to add the G. The G is always one string to the left of the C.
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:51 pm |
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SteveS
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
Markussz wrote: If your stick is tuned in a standard tuning, you shouldn't need to add the G. The G is always one string to the left of the C. Ah! Yes! Er....actually, isn't it always (when looking at it from the playing position) to the right of C? And F is always to the left. Maybe you're referring to it as you look at the FB from "FOH". Either way, yeah - I shouldn't need to mark either Gs or Fs. In looking at the FB layout, the only other thing that might be helpful is maybe A as well, but I'll start with just C and see how it goes.
_________________ >>=Steve=>> I require quotation marks when I say I'm a "musician"! Rosewood #1027 Baritone Melody, StickUps Blue Railboard #7228 Matched Reciprocal, EMG block
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Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:49 pm |
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Markussz
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
If you are looking at a fret board diagram, the G is to the left of the C http://www.stick.com/instruments/tunings/10/bm/
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Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:08 pm |
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SteveS
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
Markussz wrote: If you are looking at a fret board diagram, the G is to the left of the C/ Yup! We're on the same "page"
_________________ >>=Steve=>> I require quotation marks when I say I'm a "musician"! Rosewood #1027 Baritone Melody, StickUps Blue Railboard #7228 Matched Reciprocal, EMG block
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Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:16 pm |
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Lee Vatip
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Re: Fingerboard navigation aids
Friggin'BEADGooC!!
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