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At 5:44pm on March 22, 2010, Claude said…: Hi Chet, Semper Fi, little brother, oooohhraah. Sgt, 65-69, Viet Nam 67-68, combat V. TwentyNine Palms, just across the border from me, I'm in Phx, AZ. Lots of good info on this forum, just ask. No Rules, but lots of good guidelines and helpful info. Box size: almost any size will work, wood for the neck, even an old pine 2x4 will work, frets or no, yep either will do it. Really, just ask, this is the most helpful place for musical instruments on the internet. Keep your head down, ears up.

At 4:55pm on March 22, 2010, HENRY LOWMAN said…: My problems initially were with neck bending, especially with steel strings. Most of my builds incorporate nylon strings, oftentimes fishing line (you can see pictures of these on my page). By the way, I can get the nylon strings to sound as dirty as I want using overdrive and distortion (as evidenced on "Mountains", a son I posted on my page as well. Some have solved the problem with truss rods, others with a through the box stick design. Study the photos page. For your 1st build I would suggest a through the box stick, using a hard wood like oak or poplar. (By the way, my two steel string builds are a 6 string fretless and a fretted 12 string.) Hope this helps! Good luck!

At 3:45pm on March 21, 2010, HENRY LOWMAN said…: Welcome to the Nation, Chet! I saw your chat room post you made earlier (I just got home...lol). First of all, NO RULES. Check out the photos section to see what I mean. The Zen of it is this: Be true to the box, and it will be true to you. Start with something simple, then EXPAND on it. But watch out! It could get addictive and it could get LOUD!
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