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Comment by Uncle John on June 28, 2018 at 2:06am

Good for you, James.  Check out Resources at page top-hover your cursor there and then click on how to play - find knotlenny's CBG 101.  Great lesson.  You can also just google it.

Comment by James Matthews on June 27, 2018 at 8:23am

Did some quick work on the nut just now.

• Dremeled a notch for it using a sanding drum
• Went down to a smaller sized bolt
• Added two screws to pull down the middle and high strings which completely removed any buzz that they had when strummed

I tightened the strings back up and tested it.  Sounds really good for a first time, built from reclaimed parts instrument.  The nut seems to be about the right height to work with frets.  I tested the markings I had penciled onto it from a few weeks ago and the first 3 or 4 sounded pretty well on the low G string.  Gonna' call that "good." :)

Too hot and tired at the moment to try adding copper wire frets, but I'll get to it at some point.  Really loving how this one's turning out.