Cohiba box, thick top
*Very* decent quality, 5/16" thick solid cedar top. Sounds nice on my box tester, good volume, wonder if dishing out the back 1/16" or 1/8" would make it louder?
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Signing your work
How does everyone do this? Ink? Pen? Label? How do you code information?
Read more…Rod piezo Qs
Soprano ukulele bridge. How close should the slot be cut to fit? Is the strip glued in (less noise, more volume) or left loose (easy to fix)?
Read more…Economy tuners
They break down and reverse just fine, so long as you do half the set. #2 Phillips driver, about three minutes' work per machine.
$3.00 glue pot
Goodwill find, $3.00 grand total, plus a few kitchen odds and ends. I think it was a potpourri warmer in its previous life. Keeps glue at a *perfect* 145 degrees F (and my money stateside instead of going to China). Nice graphics, too.
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Setup for a fretless slider
What's the usual string height over the nut, midpoint of the fingerboard, and the body next to the bridge?
Read more…Punch, Macanudo boxes made by the same factory?
Two that I bought today have indentical edge tapes. I suspect other details will be similar, including the sound.
Read more…Your favorite fretwire?
Completed several builds with Dunlop 6130 wire. Nice, but a pain to set in an 0.022" slot without glue, rather skip that whole extra set of steps. Just tried a test with 6170, with an oversized (0.024") tang. Fretting has just gone from 22 shots o
Read more…Ruby, grounding
LM317 12v regulated power supply, built in. Wall wart would be easier but would spoil the vintage look. Any foreseeable need for grounding?
Read more…Shopmade saw
Planing fretboard meant recutting the slots, but a regular saw is awkward, needed something smaller, cheap, that would deepen a 0.020" slot. Have several cheap pocket rules that mike out to a hair under 0.020, making them excellent victims. A littl
Read more…Dot size
1/4" is standard in the regular guitar world. Would 3/16" look more in proportion on a narrower CBG neck?
Read more…Hinge tailpieces, string breaking
Never used one, but they look good despite being cheap and quick. Looks to me like the string would break easily over the sharp edge of the hole. Is this a problem? Thanks.
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