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At 11:13am on April 29, 2013, Downtown Vinnie said…: I welcome yer friendship bud.....carry on.....salud

At 10:52am on March 27, 2013, Marty Newbery said…: Thank you for making them available Gus and thank you for the friend request too Mate, Love your style, Cheer's

At 8:03pm on March 20, 2013, JF Laflèche said…: Gus, your recordings sound really good. Good Job! I'm still playing around with my Tascam portastudio 4 track...hard to convert it to digital. Anyway, keep it up!

At 11:39am on March 17, 2013, Marty Newbery said…: G'Day Gus, Thank You Mate, just downloaded Showman's Rest, really enjoy it, Thank's again for that Gus, Cheer's

At 8:35pm on November 4, 2012, J.Robinson said…: Uncle Gus, thanks for the question.

I used a hack saw before i learned about fret widths.

I hardened the tooth picks with super glue..

i picked up a cheap saw at lowes the dude there even used a micrometer to check to see if it was thin enough. Also martin guitar was selling a "craft saw" for cheap have been using that for about a year now. My next adventure was to try a saw from Michaels craft store around 10.00 see pix below

I use a program i got for free called WFRET found it online for pc works real good prints out a template according to my fret amount and scale length.

i use a builders square and a "c" clamp to use as my saw guide.

slots work well with medium fret wire.

Sorry about the lengthy post just give it a try let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks again

J.

At 7:41pm on October 25, 2012, Reeds Taylor said…: Thanks for the friend request Uncle Gus.

At 4:35am on October 18, 2012, 407bug said…: Great Music Uncle Gus....is there a link to your album?

Best regards BUG

At 8:22am on October 7, 2012, frank tennyson said…: Uncle gus, about to build according to your 1 hr videos. Ok a question. You mention building several to have on hand to sell. About what do you charge for one of your 1 hr creations? I recently watched vids on the Pergatory Hill Harp and went Wow. Guess that is the normal reaction - huh. So modifying the build in your 1 hr vid to a 4-srtring to be tuned low E (bass) then EBE. Already have interest in it, so that is why I'm asking. If I sell it will be my first ever build sell. OH had my first build, sounded weak and thin. Changed the bridge and nut to match the 1 hr build and added a retainer to hold the strings down at the tail, amazing difference!