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"An interesting take on headstock thinning. Well done!"

Aug 13, 2012

Glenn Reither commented on Chris Cusimano's photo

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"Sooooo clean and good!"

Aug 13, 2012

Lonman commented on Chris Cusimano's photo

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"wow, that is a great idea. Not bad looking too, do you call them crop circles?"

Aug 12, 2012

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"Mate that is sweet,me like."

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"Looks great!"

Aug 12, 2012

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Aug 12, 2012

Jason Johnson replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion To Brace or not to Brace in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"I always like to put a little brace near where my bridge sits, even though boxes dont have any stress on em in the neck through designs...your strings push down where the bridge is considerably."

Apr 17, 2012

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dan lybarger replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion To Brace or not to Brace in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"Re bracing; I built a box mando last year and used a thin piece of solid koa for the top. When all was complete, it played dull.klunky. I was so dissappointed. It looked great but I wanted it to sound good accoustically. So on a…"

Mar 19, 2012

MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion 6-string pickup for a 3-string in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"Yes, you can use a 6 pole pickup. As said above try to get the poles near the strings and it will work. If you have a pickup already with 6 poles and you want it to be a blade type you can run a piece of steel across the poles, then you don't…"

Mar 18, 2012

eK replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion 6-string pickup for a 3-string in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"An alternative would be to use one of those blade type pickups which have a continuous bar and not individual pole pieces. With those it definitely doesn't matter where the strings fall over it."

Mar 14, 2012

Wade replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion To Brace or not to Brace in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"Thanks. Thinning makes a huge difference acoustically - at least to my ears. Wade"

Feb 26, 2012

Wade replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion To Brace or not to Brace in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"IMHO lids are too thick. I take a dremel tool with a large sanding bit and make passes that radiate out from where the bridge would sit.Sometimes I carefully remove to top and take my belt sander to it. I leave a few thick radiating areas which…"

Feb 25, 2012

Michael R Cossey replied to Chris Cusimano's discussion To Brace or not to Brace in the group Intermediate building tips and tricks forum

"Love this question sense Im starting on my second CBG build........I plan on using some bracing tho I agree it isn't necessary . I want to see what effect it may have...even tho I won't have a head to head comparison. I have done some WWW…"

Feb 25, 2012