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Dan Sleep replied to Jimmy Dennis's discussion Looking for a Cigar Box Guitar in Kabul - Matched!! in the group CBGs for Service Members"I got some work done on yours last night. The neck is cut to length, shaped, and the tuning peg holes are drilled. The fingerboard is done and is glued and clamped to the neck. The sound hole and jack hole are drilled in the box. Once the glue is…"
Dan Sleep replied to Dan Sleep's discussion SGT Jeremy DeLuca - Matched!! in the group CBGs for Service Members"I got some work done on yours last night. The neck is cut to length, shaped, and the tuning peg holes are drilled. The fingerboard is done and is glued and clamped to the neck. The sound hole and jack hole are drilled in the box. Once the glue is…"
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"The scale length is 30 inches. I don't recall the box size exactly, but I think it was along the lines of 13x9x5. It is a neck through, so the total neck length is roughly 39 inches or so. I don't remember how many frets, however many are…"
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"Looks good Cynthia, what kind of scale is that? I have never seen the scale with the 12th fret off center?"
Slowpaw Steve T replied to Grant Walker's discussion Buying Parts in UK in the group The Brits are coming"i usually find some good deals on ebay for pre-cut fretboard wood as it needs to be perfectly flat - i could never achieve that level of perfection in my workshop! i buy pre-cut oak necks from a local hardwood supplier for the same reason (-:"
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