I made a spreadsheet to calculate frets offline.
Features
The spreadsheet is in an open document format so should be able to be opened with all the usual sprea
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Just got started making and just finished my first CBG.
My Wife works at Lee Valley and they have a workshop on making CBG's
A little too expensive for me so I decided to try on my own.
A few pitfalls and mistakes, but I managed to turn one ou
Read more…Got a build done with lots of help from George McLeod he showed me how to make a really nice neck and a whole bunch of other stuff. The head stock is shaped like a grenade with .303 shell casings added, gumwood with a maple veneer. The neck is stonew
Read more…So I was watching the Blues Brothers 2000 the other night, when at the end I saw Bo Diddley playing a guitar that looked a lot like a cigar box guitar.
I know he is famous for the Diddley Bow but did not realize that he designed this guitar and got G
Read more…So I picked up one of these from cragslist for $5 Little Lyon
I was abused and is missing 1 of the string holders off the bridge.
I just wanted the parts and was planning on building a 4 string.
So this is what I got.
Hi All,
I'm a bit of a computer geek and started playing around with Python and wrote a program for calculating fret positions for any size and number of frets.
Can I post the code and/or the exe file for Windows only.
Well I got into building and looking at the posts so I decided to join.
Made a fretless 3 string acoustical as a WTF can a mess up doing a build. After making a few mistakes. I finished it. Good start since I now know some of the pitfalls.
Just picke
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