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"Great job. A fine looking first build!"

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"Oh! You did do a lot on your first."

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From the bridge

"Works fine. One trick I like to use is to get an old style wooden ruler with a cupped center. Cut it to size and lay the screw saddle into the cupped part."

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"Very good. Nothing wrong with winding from the outside in CBG land. Nice burned in logo. One thing you did right that I think many do not. Some put the nearest tuner too close to the nut. Works better to have the…"

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First build

"A brave first build. With FRETS! Looks good."

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Derek Waters commented on Derek Waters's photo

First build

"Thanks Folks! Making things is fun, the next one is about half done already. Sounds OK to my ears, acoustically it's no Dreadnought, but the pre-amp/piezo combination certainly works."

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"Lovely 1st Build Derek, the start of many more ??, it can become addictive :-D"

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"Very impressive first build Derek! You are off to a good start. How does it sound?"

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