source file: mills3.txt Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 04:29:22 +0100 Subject: Re: fretless microtonal basses From: John Starrett Ed and all- I have always preferred fretless basses with position lines, essentially white plastic inlays where fret slots would be. In equal tempered tunings these are critical (for me) for accurate pitch, especially in fast passages. Also, it seems that dulcimers could easily be fretted to be just. Does anyone know how the frets are traditionally placed? John Starrett SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) Subject: Re: fretless microtonal basses PostedDate: 05-01-98 04:50:25 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 05-01-98 04:47:58-05-01-98 04:47:58,05-01-98 04:47:16-05-01-98 04:47:16 DeliveredDate: 05-01-98 04:47:16 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C1256583.0014DBE1; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 04:49:46 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA06757; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 04:50:25 +0100 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 04:50:25 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA06737 Received: (qmail 4273 invoked from network); 4 Jan 1998 19:50:23 -0800 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Jan 1998 19:50:23 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu