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"Next will be the side markers, frets and Tru-Oil on the fretboard, headstock, neck a…" Paul Craig replied Mar 9, 2018 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"I went back to work on my Bo Diddly style git. I stained the sides and back of the b…" Paul Craig replied Mar 9, 2018 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"I use 2 hard wood boards(1 on top of the fretboard and 1 under the neck) that are th…" Paul Craig replied Mar 9, 2018 to CBG using bass neck	24	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by john keven kemege
"That turned out great Paul and it sounds good. You might want to add a rubber piece…" Paul Craig replied Mar 9, 2018 to First Build - The Cello Bo	12	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"The real fun would be tuning that thing. LOL" Paul Craig replied Mar 8, 2018 to Harpejii	23	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"This definitely won't work the same way, but it will be interesting. You could use i…" Paul Craig replied Mar 8, 2018 to Harpejii	23	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"I'm also noticing that all the frets seem to have the same spacing between them and…" Paul Craig replied Mar 8, 2018 to Harpejii	23	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"Magnetic pickups in a semi-hollow or hollow body guitar/cbg can often lead to feedba…" Paul Craig replied Mar 7, 2018 to Pickups	11	Jul 20, 2020 Reply by Paul Craig
"So Korrigan, you may be right about the Harpejii just being one big keyboard. Kinda…" Paul Craig replied Mar 7, 2018 to Harpejii	23	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"This video says the strings will not sound until a string is fretted completing the…" Paul Craig replied Mar 7, 2018 to Harpejii	23	Mar 11, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"Next will be the side markers, frets and Tru-Oil on the fretboard, headstock, neck a…"

"I went back to work on my Bo Diddly style git. I stained the sides and back of the b…"

"I use 2 hard wood boards(1 on top of the fretboard and 1 under the neck) that are th…"

"That turned out great Paul and it sounds good. You might want to add a rubber piece…"

"The real fun would be tuning that thing. LOL"

"This definitely won't work the same way, but it will be interesting. You could use i…"

"I'm also noticing that all the frets seem to have the same spacing between them and…"

"Magnetic pickups in a semi-hollow or hollow body guitar/cbg can often lead to feedba…"

"So Korrigan, you may be right about the Harpejii just being one big keyboard. Kinda…"

"This video says the strings will not sound until a string is fretted completing the…"