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"Craig You certainly pose some interesting and thought provoking questions. I think…" Doug Thorsvik replied Jul 31, 2009 to Are there Rules within the no Rules?	21	Jul 31, 2009 Reply by Doug Thorsvik
"Tom What a cool idea!!! It has been great reading what everyone has shared about th…" Doug Thorsvik replied Jul 31, 2009 to What do we do?	66	Mar 30, 2011 Reply by Kevin O'Connor
"I don't put any notches on the fret so the "nut" essentially functions as a string g…" Doug Thorsvik replied May 24, 2009 to Making nuts/bridges is killing me!!	16	May 28, 2009 Reply by Mark Werner
"Steve It is true the shorted the scale the less tension you need to get the string…" Doug Thorsvik replied May 23, 2009 to 24 1/2" Scale in PDF	5	May 23, 2009 Reply by Doug Thorsvik
"Iggy I tried making nut slots and found it to be frustrating and time consuming, but…" Doug Thorsvik replied May 23, 2009 to Making nuts/bridges is killing me!!	16	May 28, 2009 Reply by Mark Werner
"Iggy I've only made 4 strings so far and have used 1 X 2 lumber for all the necks.…" Doug Thorsvik replied Apr 30, 2009 to Is a 1 x 2 wide enough for 4 strings?	4	May 1, 2009 Reply by Roger Martin
"Ben I'm using GDAD (Irish Bouzouki) tuning which works pretty good for playing rhyt…" Doug Thorsvik replied Apr 28, 2009 to Tenor Tuning	7	Apr 28, 2009 Reply by Doug Thorsvik
"Ben Here's a link to JustStrings.com: http://www.juststrings.com/singlestrings.html…" Doug Thorsvik replied Mar 26, 2009 to Strings 'N Things	4	Apr 1, 2009 Reply by otis
"Monte I purchase the inexpensive Ping brand mandolin tuners from a local music stor…" Doug Thorsvik replied Mar 6, 2009 to I need help	12	Mar 8, 2009 Reply by Wade
"Randy I don't know about using it for boxes, but the 1/4" thick stuff works great f…" Doug Thorsvik replied Feb 28, 2009 to MDF / other man made materials	8	Apr 3, 2009 Reply by big fat tom

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Doug Thorsvik's Discussions (33)

"Craig You certainly pose some interesting and thought provoking questions. I think…"

"Tom What a cool idea!!! It has been great reading what everyone has shared about th…"

"I don't put any notches on the fret so the "nut" essentially functions as a string g…"

"Steve It is true the shorted the scale the less tension you need to get the string…"

"Iggy I tried making nut slots and found it to be frustrating and time consuming, but…"

"Iggy I've only made 4 strings so far and have used 1 X 2 lumber for all the necks.…"

"Ben I'm using GDAD (Irish Bouzouki) tuning which works pretty good for playing rhyt…"

"Ben Here's a link to JustStrings.com: http://www.juststrings.com/singlestrings.html…"

"Monte I purchase the inexpensive Ping brand mandolin tuners from a local music stor…"

"Randy I don't know about using it for boxes, but the 1/4" thick stuff works great f…"

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