>> One last thing. When passing the fret gut under the strings, it's good to >> check that no strings have been missed out before tying the knot. There is >> nothing more annoying than starting to move a fret into position and >> realising that a string has escaped your attention and is above the fret >> rather than below it! > Yep - I thought I mentioned that in the video - but maybe it was in an > out-take.
About not accidentally tying a fret with a string between it and the fretboad, I have found when passing the fret gut under the strings, it works well if I bend the fret gut in a big loop of several inches and pass the “point” of the bow under the strings. It often even has a bit of an arch to it so it is bending towards the fretboard rather than trying to slip above a string. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
