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"Very nice, especially if you are making many. I seem to make one every 2 years or so…" Brendan deVallance replied Apr 4, 2019 to accurate fretting	22	Apr 4, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"The method I use to mark where the frets go is to use an existing guitar. I lay a st…" Brendan deVallance replied Apr 2, 2019 to accurate fretting	22	Apr 4, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"LA, are you talking Los Angeles or Louisiana?" Brendan deVallance replied Apr 2, 2019 to First build - and a question about the CBG community in LA?	5	Apr 2, 2019 Reply by Brendan deVallance
"I once heard someone on this site call out polyurethane as plastic. And never put pl…" Brendan deVallance replied Dec 26, 2018 to Neck Varnish	19	Dec 26, 2018 Reply by mitch jones
"This looks great. Im about to start on a Ukulele so this is very helpful. What type…" Brendan deVallance replied Jul 26, 2018 to Building my Uke bridge	6	Jul 27, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans
"What sort of pickup is that?" Brendan deVallance replied May 21, 2018 to Bridge making, one way I do it.	17	Jun 9, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Looks very nice, what did you use for the fret markers? —Brendan" Brendan deVallance replied Mar 15, 2018 to New member here #1 done.	7	Mar 19, 2018 Reply by Lonman
"I have heard tell of another interesting way to file the slots for the strings on th…" Brendan deVallance replied Mar 8, 2018 to My second cigar box guitar project	22	Mar 8, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I made a tutorial on how to make them out of a violin tuning peg. Dot markers how to" Brendan deVallance replied Jan 18, 2018 to Fret dot recommendation	29	Jan 18, 2018 Reply by Brendan deVallance
"I'd go with medium which is what I usually do. Not too wide, not too skinny, just ri…" Brendan deVallance replied Oct 13, 2017 to What gauge Fretwire?	1	Oct 13, 2017 Reply by Brendan deVallance

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Brendan deVallance's Discussions (145)

"Very nice, especially if you are making many. I seem to make one every 2 years or so…"

"The method I use to mark where the frets go is to use an existing guitar. I lay a st…"

"LA, are you talking Los Angeles or Louisiana?"

"I once heard someone on this site call out polyurethane as plastic. And never put pl…"

"This looks great. Im about to start on a Ukulele so this is very helpful. What type…"

"What sort of pickup is that?"

"Looks very nice, what did you use for the fret markers? —Brendan"

"I have heard tell of another interesting way to file the slots for the strings on th…"

"I made a tutorial on how to make them out of a violin tuning peg. Dot markers how to"

"I'd go with medium which is what I usually do. Not too wide, not too skinny, just ri…"

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