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Fret knots for nylon monofilament
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Jack Campin
Feb 15, 2016, 4:24:35 PM2/15/16
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I have an Afghan/Kashmiri rubab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCabnDJ8Tgc
but the fourth fret on mine (probably made in Afghanistan) has
been removed - Kashmiri practice is to use only three frets, and
I got mine from a Kashmiri living in Britain (it may have been
used for Sikh devotional music).
I'm more interested in Afghan style so I'd like to put that fret
back. The frets are nylon monofilament, tied with a knot I can't
identify and locked in place by melting (they're the blobs you can
see along the top of the neck in the final shot in that video).
Anybody know where I can find out about nylon monofilament fret
knots?
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Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCabnDJ8Tgc
but the fourth fret on mine (probably made in Afghanistan) has
been removed - Kashmiri practice is to use only three frets, and
I got mine from a Kashmiri living in Britain (it may have been
used for Sikh devotional music).
I'm more interested in Afghan style so I'd like to put that fret
back. The frets are nylon monofilament, tied with a knot I can't
identify and locked in place by melting (they're the blobs you can
see along the top of the neck in the final shot in that video).
Anybody know where I can find out about nylon monofilament fret
knots?
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e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
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