For both ZenTappers and Megatars we generally recommend the BassBottom tuning, where bass is tuned in fourths, just like a standard 6-string bass. Learning is much faster with this tuning, and most of what you already know from guitar or bass transfers quickly, plus your right hand picks up what your left hand knows very [...]
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Cool Tip for Buzz Feiten Tuning
Our factory shop recently got an email from a Buzz Feiten authorized shop in Italy, with the following question. [Techie/Geeky Warning: Rather technical info following] – >I’m having trouble intonating the 4th melody >string using the formula for BassBottom tuning > because it keeps being sharp. I tune it C# > no offset (at fret [...]
Q: How to map the Megatar fretboard?
A: We are working on a chart that shows all the notes on the fretboard, and hopefully that will become available soon. However, in the meantime, in the Method Book #1, in the Appendix, you will find some blank fretboard graphs, which can be photo-copied. These are only 8 frets long, and don’t cover the [...]
Q: Why is Mobius’s standard tuning like a bass?
A: Why not? It’s a bass! The tuning of a standard six-string bass is a good thing. Musicians all around the world already know this tuning so it’s easy for them to learn touch-style on a tuning they already know. There is also the popular bass-strings tuning we call ‘Inverted Fifths’ which has some enthusiasts [...]
Q: I worked a long time to learn six strings on my guitar. How can playing these twelve strings be easy?
A: It’s easier than it looks. Did you ever hear about the guy who, seeing a piano for the first time, said, “Man! How can you ever mash all those notes at once?” It’s the same idea. You don’t play them all at once. In fact, we start out just playing three strings just above [...]
