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"You will get lots of advice here, wanted and unwanted, lol. first piece of unwanted…" JL replied Oct 22, 2014 to First Build Chronicles	16	Nov 5, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"I know I will get some disagreement, but marking out frets measured from the nut is…" JL replied Oct 21, 2014 to neck fretting issue	35	Oct 27, 2014 Reply by BUGGY (C)
"put a matching pair for fret 11, and put corrected pair closer together at fret 12 a…" JL replied Oct 21, 2014 to Oh Crud... Now what?	32	Oct 24, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"a 10 in radius block can be made (CAREFULLY) if you have a 10" table saw. run the b…" JL replied Oct 17, 2014 to Fingerboard Radius Technique	5	Oct 18, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"I'll apologize now for the physics 101... Piezoelectric crystals generate electricit…" JL replied Oct 16, 2014 to Bridge-imbedded rod piezo question.	20	Oct 18, 2014 Reply by Bluesheart
"Fingering a fretless - think violin/viola/Cello - REALLY LOW ACTION, and press HARD…" JL replied Oct 14, 2014 to First Build 3-string Fretless. Strings muted/damped when fretted.	16	Oct 16, 2014 Reply by Bufo Bill
"Keep It Simple. the larger the group, the longer each step takes. Face Mount the ne…" JL replied Oct 14, 2014 to Building 74 CBGs... Advice to keep prices down but quality up?	12	Oct 14, 2014 Reply by Jason Rasmussen
"is it the same sound you get when you are about to plug a live amp into an instrumen…" JL replied Oct 3, 2014 to Licence plate guitar issues	9	Oct 6, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"Diddley Bows are wonderful things. Any Scale length and Any string is right, and if…" JL replied Oct 3, 2014 to building electric diddley bow need help!!!!	68	Oct 10, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"I agree with wayfinder, if you measure from the nut to fret 12, that's half the dist…" JL replied Sep 25, 2014 to Question about scale lenght and fretting	16	Dec 31, 2014 Reply by guitarmaker

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JL's Discussions (1,093)

"You will get lots of advice here, wanted and unwanted, lol. first piece of unwanted…"

"I know I will get some disagreement, but marking out frets measured from the nut is…"

"put a matching pair for fret 11, and put corrected pair closer together at fret 12 a…"

"a 10 in radius block can be made (CAREFULLY) if you have a 10" table saw. run the b…"

"I'll apologize now for the physics 101... Piezoelectric crystals generate electricit…"

"Fingering a fretless - think violin/viola/Cello - REALLY LOW ACTION, and press HARD…"

"Keep It Simple. the larger the group, the longer each step takes. Face Mount the ne…"

"is it the same sound you get when you are about to plug a live amp into an instrumen…"

"Diddley Bows are wonderful things. Any Scale length and Any string is right, and if…"

"I agree with wayfinder, if you measure from the nut to fret 12, that's half the dist…"

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