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"" QGolden replied Nov 22, 2020 to Canjo tuning	18	Nov 23, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I like it, good job. Simple clean lines." QGolden replied Nov 20, 2017 to First build (sort of)	2	Nov 20, 2017 Reply by QGolden
"Hello and Welcome! Actually 1x3 is a bit wide, 1"x2" is common. Some folks prefer a…" QGolden replied Nov 22, 2016 to The neck wood.....is there really that thin?	25	Dec 2, 2016 Reply by jamie bark
"Thank you for the reply, I am very familiar, what I was not familiar with was the ph…" QGolden replied Aug 22, 2016 to Looking for a better way to make the neck.	13	Aug 22, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"Hello I am not sure what you mean by "stick thru neck" design. Also not sure which…" QGolden replied Aug 22, 2016 to Looking for a better way to make the neck.	13	Aug 22, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"I use these, but the brass ones. For some reason their website does not show the br…" QGolden replied Aug 21, 2016 to Sound Hole Inserts	19	Sep 23, 2016 Reply by Rod Lindsey
"Which is logical, since the Piezos are responding to vibrations in the surface that…" QGolden replied Aug 21, 2016 to Piezo Pickup Size and Effect on Sound	10	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by The Bane
"See if you can find someone with a Jointer, that is the tool made to do the job. Mil…" QGolden replied Jun 28, 2016 to Wood for Neck Bowed	16	Aug 22, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"I have that same press from HF, it works fine and would be more then adequate for pr…" QGolden replied May 11, 2016 to fret work with a Harbor Freight press	9	May 17, 2016 Reply by Steve Wonser
"You could, you could also carve a piece of wood." QGolden replied May 2, 2016 to Cedar Box Build	118	Jun 24, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig

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QGolden's Discussions (69)

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"I like it, good job. Simple clean lines."

"Hello and Welcome! Actually 1x3 is a bit wide, 1"x2" is common. Some folks prefer a…"

"Thank you for the reply, I am very familiar, what I was not familiar with was the ph…"

"Hello I am not sure what you mean by "stick thru neck" design. Also not sure which…"

"I use these, but the brass ones. For some reason their website does not show the br…"

"Which is logical, since the Piezos are responding to vibrations in the surface that…"

"See if you can find someone with a Jointer, that is the tool made to do the job. Mil…"

"I have that same press from HF, it works fine and would be more then adequate for pr…"

"You could, you could also carve a piece of wood."

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