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Feb 14

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Uncle John commented on Jeremy Ryal's photo

Build 005, Top-Secret Christmas present for my brother

":)"

Dec 26, 2012

Jeremy Ryal commented on Jeremy Ryal's photo

Build 005, Top-Secret Christmas present for my brother

"Thanks, pick. Yep, my brother is a lefty, that's why it had to be top secret. If I had shown it to him during the build, he would have figured out it was for him!"

Dec 25, 2012

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Build 005, Top-Secret Christmas present for my brother

Dec 25, 2012

the anonymous pick commented on Jeremy Ryal's photo

Build 005, Top-Secret Christmas present for my brother

"cool , a lefty ? "

Dec 25, 2012

Jeremy Ryal posted photos

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Dec 24, 2012

Jeremy Ryal replied to Glenn W.'s discussion Hi from England - a total novice :) in the group Introduce Yourself!

"Welcome from another fairly new guy here. I look forward to seeing your modifications on the practice amp project. I've built a few CBG's and now my son wants to build a CBG and amp from matching cigar boxes. Great…"

Nov 27, 2012

Jeremy Ryal commented on Patrick Snapp's photo

Fretting

"Now see, that's why I love this site. I'd hadn't thought of that. Thanks!"

Nov 27, 2012

Jeremy Ryal commented on Patrick Snapp's photo

Fretting

"How wide is your saw? I have a similar saw, but the slot ends up so tight I end up deforming the fret when tapping it in place. (Whacking it in place is more like it.) I'm trying to find a saw like that that is a little thicker but not as thick…"

Nov 26, 2012

Jeremy Ryal posted a photo

new boxes

I picked these up a couple of days ago. Now plans for a 3 or 4 cbg's and a couple of amps are running through my head. For anyone in the Iowa area, I found these at Cigar Source in Des Moines.

Nov 2, 2012

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Michael Fred Johnson replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"As Rand says put on a fingerboard the you don't have to worry about messing up a good neck.As for finish I don't bother it is going to wear with use and look a mess.This fingerboard is just sanded and then polished with nylon net…"

Oct 23, 2012

Jeremy Ryal replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"Thanks for the input everyone. I've decided to go without frets on this build. Rand, I like your thought on fretboards vs. frets on the neck. I've spent enough time and effort getting this neck ready, I'd hate to…"

Oct 22, 2012

Rand Moore replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"Hi Jeremy Ryal: Early on I used to fret the neck directly w/o using a fretboard. But after screwing up a few fret jobs I decided going to the trouble of using a fretboard was worth the trouble after all. If you screw up the fret job, you can just…"

Oct 14, 2012

wormil replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"From what I've seen, the very hard tropical woods like Rosewood are oiled but (relatively) softer woods like maple are lacquered. Americans tend to think of maple and oak as very hard but they're middleweights at best compared to tropical…"

Oct 14, 2012

Busyhands Slim replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"Not sure what wood you're using, but I'm surprised that you would finish the fretboard. Most guitars/ukes/banjos/etc. have unfinished necks. They're just oiled. (The exceptions that come to my mind are Fender's maple necks.) I…"

Oct 14, 2012

Jeremy Ryal replied to Jeremy Ryal's discussion Finishing the neck with frets

"Thanks for the help everyone. I'll post pics when I get it done."

Oct 5, 2012