I have had in my hands a Mast guitar 'around 1780, with frets of bone, but I can't be certain that they were original, even it seemed to be so. Le Mercredi 6 novembre 2013 14h39, WALSH STUART <s.wa...@ntlworld.com> a ecrit : On 06/11/2013 11:28, Monica Hall wrote: > Dear Collective Wisdom,, > > > > When did fixed, rather than tied on frets become the norm on the > guitar? > > > > Monica Obviously, some time in the 18th century. The middle? The photo of James Tyler's "late eighteenth-century guitar: signed 'John Preston'" in The Early Guitar clearly shows tied on frets- which is surprising > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. [2]http://www.avast.com
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