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In the spirit of CBG building where anything goes I built my first guitar more or less with 1 x2 neck, the box and some wood working skills. But I bought the tuners, pickup etc from Stewmac as I had no other source I could say save ebay. Any recommendations re tuners, strings , pickups and various hardware bits you can recommend. I find stewmac $$$ especially shipping to Canada.

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Permalink Reply by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker on January 21, 2009 at 7:47am

Peter:

I've made a little barely profitable side-business out of selling sets of fret wire for cheaper than you can get them at StewMac. If you're interested in doing some gits with frets, give me a holler and we can work something out. I don't charge more for shipping to canada.

CBGitty

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Permalink Reply by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker on January 21, 2009 at 7:48am

Also check out JustStrings.com for cheap strings. If you click the Bulk Strings link, you'll see that you can get 12 plain steel strings from .008 to .024 guage for $2.90/12. That's pretty cheap! Wound strings are of course more. I find it's handy to have a good range of the plain steel strings on hand when trying out a new instrument that usually has a non-standard scale length.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Sykes on January 21, 2009 at 8:38am

HI C.B. , Thanks for the info, I will order fret wire from you. Do you sell fret saws or know anyone who does?. btw my first cbg had hickory dowl frets pressed into a slot cut by my router.

C. B. Gitty said:

Peter:

I've made a little barely profitable side-business out of selling sets of fret wire for cheaper than you can get them at StewMac. If you're interested in doing some gits with frets, give me a holler and we can work something out. I don't charge more for shipping to canada.

CBGitty

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Permalink Reply by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker on January 21, 2009 at 8:40am

Check out this discussion for some ideas on fretting, fret saws, and where to find them cheaply:

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I highly recommend checking out the various groups, found under the "classrooms" link. All sorts of great how-to tips and advice in there.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin on January 21, 2009 at 2:15pm

Pawn shops are great sources for parts. The one I go to has plastic storage bins with replacement tuners for $8/set as well as nuts, bridges, saddles, bridge pins, jack plates, etc.... not to mention Martin Acoustic Strings are only $3.29. Try one out.