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" Fantastic sound-Ukulele Blues is an entirely underrated thing... BTW, those are…" Order99 replied Nov 19, 2013 to Noo Uke Noo Uke	2	Nov 19, 2013 Reply by marshall stapleton
" You probably already know this, but you want your fretboard higher than the resonat…" Order99 replied Nov 13, 2013 to Lowering to action of a cbg	20	Nov 17, 2013 Reply by jabes
" I ended up using a thin craft saw from a hobby shop, and just buy the same sized fr…" Order99 replied Nov 13, 2013 to Fret slot depth with small handsaw?	24	Nov 19, 2013 Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music
" Is it possible to sand or shave the nut and bridge down, or to slot it deeper? Or…" Order99 replied Nov 13, 2013 to Lowering to action of a cbg	20	Nov 17, 2013 Reply by jabes
" I haven't made nearly the amount of instruments as most on this board (two dozen a…" Order99 replied Sep 23, 2013 to What boxes sound best?	18	Dec 12, 2013 Reply by Richard G Caudill
" I'm super cheap and tend to go cardboard as well-but my local music store often sa…" Order99 replied Aug 7, 2013 to cigar box guitar cases	24	Sep 13, 2014 Reply by Danny B
" Once you find the proper leveling of the frets, I find that disposable emery boards…" Order99 replied Aug 7, 2013 to Leveling frets ?	11	Aug 9, 2013 Reply by Andres
" Quite frankly,i'd say this website may have saved my life. My last full-time job…" Order99 replied Aug 1, 2013 to Are you a Cigar box Guitar Patriot?	16	Aug 2, 2013 Reply by Matthew Borczon
" My two favorite combinations right now are Danish Oil-with stain included in the o…" Order99 replied Jul 24, 2013 to Finishing/Polishing	12	Jul 24, 2013 Reply by Order99
"I normally use Goo-Gone as well-but then I print my own replacement warning labels t…" Order99 replied Mar 5, 2013 to Those pesky warning labels......	9	Mar 6, 2013 Reply by Blind Doughboy

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Order99's Discussions (173)

" Fantastic sound-Ukulele Blues is an entirely underrated thing... BTW, those are…"

" You probably already know this, but you want your fretboard higher than the resonat…"

" I ended up using a thin craft saw from a hobby shop, and just buy the same sized fr…"

" Is it possible to sand or shave the nut and bridge down, or to slot it deeper? Or…"

" I haven't made nearly the amount of instruments as most on this board (two dozen a…"

" I'm super cheap and tend to go cardboard as well-but my local music store often sa…"

" Once you find the proper leveling of the frets, I find that disposable emery boards…"

" Quite frankly,i'd say this website may have saved my life. My last full-time job…"

" My two favorite combinations right now are Danish Oil-with stain included in the o…"

"I normally use Goo-Gone as well-but then I print my own replacement warning labels t…"

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