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Taffy Evans commented on James Matthews's blog post Cheesecake Banjolele
"I fully understand James, thanks for responding. Here are a couple of ideas that may help give you some break angle for the strings at the bridge. Just to so some seeds and give you a lightbulb moment."
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James Matthews commented on James Matthews's blog post Cheesecake Banjolele
"Taffy, sorry for taking so long to reply (manic/depression doesn't exactly have a schedule you can set your clock by).  The bridge is gonna' have to be down near the bottom of the pan (like... very near the bottom). =)   I…"
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Taffy Evans commented on James Matthews's blog post Cheesecake Banjolele
"Hi James, here's a look at old neck heaven, I've got enough there to keep me in six stringers for a while. With some, in the past ,I have removed the frets and sawn down each side of the truss rod to make  3-4 string necks. Your photo…"
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the anonymous pick commented on James Matthews's blog post Cheesecake Banjolele
"meh .. just string a piece of jute through the top 2 holes  and use it as  the hanger. ;-)"
May 21, 2019
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BrianQ. commented on James Matthews's blog post Cheesecake Banjolele
"Good start  :)"
May 21, 2019
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Cheesecake Banjolele

I finally got around to cutting up that cheap student guitar and sticking it onto that black cheesecake pan I've been planning to use for the past year.  I need to go back and find a thicker piece of wood to mount inside the pan, though.I also need to cut off the top two tuner holes and redo the nut for 4 strings.  If this works out well, I may try keeping an eye out for…See More
May 21, 2019
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"I've got an old tambourine that never gets used for anything.  Pretty tempted to try this. =)"
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Cheesecake Banjolele

Posted on May 21, 2019 at 12:14pm 5 Comments

I finally got around to cutting up that cheap student guitar and sticking it onto that black cheesecake pan I've been planning to use for the past year.  I need to go back and find a thicker piece of wood to mount inside the pan, though.

I also need to cut off the top two tuner holes and redo the nut for 4 strings.  If this works out well, I may try…

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"I sure love making frets!"... said no luthier ever

Posted on June 27, 2018 at 1:07pm 5 Comments

Man, how do you guys do this time and time again?!  It's sucking all of the joy out of the hobby for me. :)

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