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Plastic cocktail frets.

OK, my last fretted build used wooden cocktail sticks/toothpicks as and they worked great, but were a little uneven even after sanding,

But I had a thought. Plastic sticks/picks would be more even, being extruded, should be slightly harder once glued

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Thinking of throwing together some pre-made harnesses to sell.

Soldering is no problem, on/off switch equally easy.

But I plan to include a volume pot, so piezo, pot, jack + wiring.

I know 500kohm pots tend to be used in multi-pup guitars, and 250kohm in single pup builds, but that tends to be for traditional va

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Project 2 the mystery box is underway and I have some questions.

After my last CBG has ended up as a diddly bow (no bad thing), my next one is going to be a square tin box (held a murder mystery game and cost me a quid).

Locally, I'm still having trouble locating hardwood for the neck even from specialist timber m

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Having problems with stringing. What do you use for a 3 string.

Having real problems with stringing.

Want to tune to Open D to make sense of a lot of the tutorials.

But, I can't seem to tune anything other than Open C.

As soon as tuning on any of the 3 strings gets close to tuned they snap.

I've tried strings 2,

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And I'm off. Started getting parts.

What better way to start a build than with a video.

I have picked up a pretty straight piece of Hemlock spindle to use as a neck. 41mm square, so should be able to wittle it into a nice holding shape, but still retain the full thickness for the t

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So where did you find your neck timber?

Had a quick look in a couple of the DIY stores locally, plenty of "Softwood" and Pine Strip wood, but nothing in hardwood other than some trim.

Does it have to be hardwood? Has anyone had success with a softwood, if they made it a bit thicker than th

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Plastic cocktail frets.

Thinking of throwing together some pre-made harnesses to sell.

Project 2 the mystery box is underway and I have some questions.

Having problems with stringing. What do you use for a 3 string.

And I'm off. Started getting parts.

So where did you find your neck timber?

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