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Permalink Reply by Tom T on February 25, 2015 at 11:40am

A decorative cabinet hinge (black, brass, chrome) mounted to the end of the box and laying over the top makes a nice traditional looking mounting point for strings.

The only limiting factor on string mounting is your imagination. Check some google images and you'll see a lot of variation.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 25, 2015 at 11:43am

meh  ..  fork it  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Scruggy on February 26, 2015 at 3:35am

seen forks used alot how the heck do you bent them?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 26, 2015 at 3:53am

depending  on  the  quality  .. some  you  can    just   twist  up   with  needle  nose  pliers  ,,    i  was  doing  that  and  broke  a   tine  .. so      i  heated  it  up  with a  mini  torch  first  .   they  curl  up   pretty  easy  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on February 26, 2015 at 4:09am

my neighbour does mine for me,cool guy,but a little bit strange is Uri

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on February 25, 2015 at 12:21pm

Next CBG
This one I already have three holes drilled line but not sure how they stay in place under the tailpiece

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 25, 2015 at 12:44pm

simply    use a  drill bit   smaller  in  diameter than  the  string  ball ends  .    if the  holes  you are    using  are  too  big,     then  you  can add a small   nut  or   washer       slid   on  to  the string  and   to  the  ball end  . 

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on February 26, 2015 at 11:22am

Am I able to get the same sound affect by gluing fretboard onto box lid by about 2" as compared to cutting out lid section?
I can't do latter and afterwords thought about drawback

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Permalink Reply by Brent Kasl on February 26, 2015 at 11:23am

Piezo would be located directly under the box lid in either a 20mm or 27mm

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Permalink Reply by Groucho on February 27, 2015 at 5:44am

I've used gutter rivets on the front and back of the tail piece for all of my builds so far.  You can buy them 100 at a time. 

Just knock out the center mandrel and super glue them in place,  They work great.

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on February 28, 2015 at 5:57am

For my relic style gits I like to cut and drill my own tailpieces out of scrap sheet metal of the type furnace guys use.  They hold up fine.

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