The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #107987   Message #2243783
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
24-Jan-08 - 01:56 PM
Thread Name: Fretted fiddles
Subject: RE: Fretted fiddles
There's a link to that on the other thread I linked to above.

As with the fretless banjo.introducing frets does impose a certain limitation, balanced with certain advantages. It shouldn't be treated as a matter of principle, in the way some people treat the question of making use of a capo on a guitar, or an electronic tuner. Let a hundred flowers bloom...