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"Yep. I don’t have any appropriate wood at the moment. Thoughts run to Purple Heart o…" Bruce Young replied May 24, 2019 to Anyone make their own picks?	33	May 31, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"See my last. The material is genuine, and exactly the same as tooth enamel. Pretty h…" Bruce Young replied May 24, 2019 to Anyone make their own picks?	33	May 31, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"It came from an upright piano from 1890. Its the real deal. I came upon a crew that…" Bruce Young replied May 24, 2019 to Anyone make their own picks?	33	May 31, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"Just realized the pics I chose didn’t have the permanent bridge in place. (Thanks,…" Bruce Young replied May 17, 2019 to Headless three string building and playing. What I learned.	15	Jun 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"A good plan. It’s one of those things where we don’t know what we don’t know until w…" Bruce Young replied May 1, 2019 to Neck radius & 3vs 4 string instrument.	13	May 1, 2019 Reply by Poorness Studios
"With a common 1 1/2” wide neck, and lets say three string, (9o+% of cbgs are three…" Bruce Young replied Apr 30, 2019 to Neck radius & 3vs 4 string instrument.	13	May 1, 2019 Reply by Poorness Studios
"Thanks guys. Having the ability to play with the numbers rather than blindly poke an…" Bruce Young replied Apr 22, 2019 to LMM GDG strings.	6	Apr 22, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"Aye, they are some big strings. I don’t know how to calculate the tension. When I g…" Bruce Young replied Apr 21, 2019 to LMM GDG strings.	6	Apr 22, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"That confirms my thinking. My current daily driver wears the low, middle, middle GDG…" Bruce Young replied Jan 12, 2019 to Back bow, how much is too much?	2	Jan 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"Thoughts run to either hardwood veneer available at major lumber yard, or better yet…" Bruce Young replied Jan 12, 2019 to Neck Thickness Build Up	13	Jan 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young

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Bruce Young's Discussions (64)

"Yep. I don’t have any appropriate wood at the moment. Thoughts run to Purple Heart o…"

"See my last. The material is genuine, and exactly the same as tooth enamel. Pretty h…"

"It came from an upright piano from 1890. Its the real deal. I came upon a crew that…"

"Just realized the pics I chose didn’t have the permanent bridge in place. (Thanks,…"

"A good plan. It’s one of those things where we don’t know what we don’t know until w…"

"With a common 1 1/2” wide neck, and lets say three string, (9o+% of cbgs are three…"

"Thanks guys. Having the ability to play with the numbers rather than blindly poke an…"

"Aye, they are some big strings. I don’t know how to calculate the tension. When I g…"

"That confirms my thinking. My current daily driver wears the low, middle, middle GDG…"

"Thoughts run to either hardwood veneer available at major lumber yard, or better yet…"

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