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All Discussions Tagged 'frets' (20)
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Fat Back NeckGreetings Nation, Does anyone know where I can get a fat back neck template? Most internet searches come up with ones that are no longer li… Started by Jim Booth |
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Dec 15, 2023 Reply by Jim Booth |
First guitar help ?I live in Estonia. It's hard to find used cigarbox or humidor in Estonia. New humidors are 51 euro.For me buying form ebay is to expensive.… Started by Jantan ux |
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Apr 25, 2018 Reply by Thomas Parr |
Finding scale length from fret spacingI recently did some work on a six string cbg. The bridge was free floating, and I forgot to mark it’s sweet spot beforehand. Now, I want to… Started by Brett |
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Jan 8, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans |
Gluing FretsThe first fretted CBG I pressed the frets into the cuts and they mostly held just fine. Over time two fell out and once they did they cont… Started by Phil Gershwiin |
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Oct 13, 2017 Reply by Brendan deVallance |
Pickup HeightHello from cool Halifax, Nova Scotia Building my second guitar but learning to play still number one. I was wondering if someone can tell m… Started by Rupe Power |
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Oct 13, 2017 Reply by Rupe Power |
Fretting about Frets, are they square?I see most of the CBGs have straight necks, so squaring up the frets shouldnt be a big deal. What about if you are making more of a Uke-typ… Started by Gary Stenzel |
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Feb 9, 2017 Reply by Gary Stenzel |
Intonation Issues With My First Dulcimer Canjo-GuitarAlright Guys and Gals, So, I shied away from fretting an instrument based off my first and last build I tried fretting. I have been doing… Started by Brian Revels |
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Mar 19, 2014 Reply by The Phrygian Kid |
Fret or no frets?I am working on building my first CBG, and I am wondering should it have frets or not? In introduction of myself, I am an part time profess… Started by TC DeVeau |
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Mar 3, 2014 Reply by Matthew Borczon |
Fret placement in relation to a bolt nutHi folks. So I've built two 3-string box guitars so far and I've used a bolt as the nut both times. But each time I used nails as the frets… Started by Russ Dugger |
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Sep 7, 2013 Reply by BUGGY (C) |
alternative tools ?Is someone done same works without fret file and nut file ? What tools he or she have used. Right now I don't have fret or nut files. No on… Started by Jantan ux |
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Aug 30, 2013 Reply by RTZGUITARS |
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Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?
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Has anyone tried this? Thoughts?
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just came accross this pickup idea on youtube.
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