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Permalink Reply by Bull Dogg on February 17, 2010 at 3:37pm

Lol you're the second person to notice the difference in nut slots and tuners... purely for symmetry, I couldn't figure out a way of using 3 tuners that I liked so I used 4 and there will be a fake string on 1 leading to just under the middle nut slot. Also in retrospect, since the fretboard and nut is removable, with a board made for 4 strings, and an attachment at the base to hold 4 strings I could convert it to 4 if I were so inclined. As for the suggestions, Ill see what I can do about dressing the frets, and as a sign of my total inexperience, I didn't know you pressed the string between frets, so that will help too to keep the string off the next frets

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Permalink Reply by Outhouse Instruments on February 18, 2010 at 2:04am

Tune the string first.
Then see if it buzzes. That string is too loose.
The ends of the frets need to be dressed.
I DON"T SUGGEST THIS ..... But I use a bench grinder. Gotta have a very steady hand.
They also look like the need to be leveled. I do this with a long sanding block made from a level planed 2x4.
This is only for light leveling. Too much will leave flat spots.


Matt

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on February 18, 2010 at 2:43am

This is why I don't bother with frets. Not to be a nay sayer or anything, but when it comes to cbg's.....frets to me are cool, don't get me wrong, but making a cbg was my way of geting away from the norm.....the norm? things like frets. I have yet to build a cbg with them, and doubt I ever will. Have I tried frets before? Yes, and it turned out to be a nightmare. It's straight slide playing for me.

Now, as far as action goes, it looks like maybe your nut is a bit too low. And unless the buzzing is way too bad, I would not worry about it.....it's a cbg, no rules and sometimes buzzing is cool. I would check your tuning pegs, sometimes the finger grips on the little machine heads get wore out and like to buzz, I have an old acoustic this happens too, I duck tape the thing when I play so it does not rattle.....it's worth a shot.

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