aarondminnick
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Just curious if anyone has seen a setup that would enable you to switch between re-entrant and linear (i.e. high g / low G) on the same uke without restringing.
I can't think at the moment of how you could accomplish this mechanically, but I'm thinking a doubled octave course for the 4th string with some kind of cool lever action that would selectively enable/disable the string you don't want to use at the moment.
Even cooler would be 3 positions: high, low, or octave double with both strings active. Then you'd have the option of a full, rich octave-doubled sound for strumming, but could switch to either single-string setup for fingerstyle or picking.
I was inspired in my thinking by Appalachian dulcimers that have special pegs enabling you to do something similar... but those require you to loosen one string of a doubled course and physically move it out of the way. I'm thinking of a slick quick-change lever system, probably operating at the nut end of the fretboard.
I can't think at the moment of how you could accomplish this mechanically, but I'm thinking a doubled octave course for the 4th string with some kind of cool lever action that would selectively enable/disable the string you don't want to use at the moment.
Even cooler would be 3 positions: high, low, or octave double with both strings active. Then you'd have the option of a full, rich octave-doubled sound for strumming, but could switch to either single-string setup for fingerstyle or picking.
I was inspired in my thinking by Appalachian dulcimers that have special pegs enabling you to do something similar... but those require you to loosen one string of a doubled course and physically move it out of the way. I'm thinking of a slick quick-change lever system, probably operating at the nut end of the fretboard.