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"There you go. Maple headstock with cherry head veneer extended by a piece of maple.…" David McQueen replied Jun 26, 2016 to Extending headstock with different type of wood	6	Jun 27, 2016 Reply by Nicholas Lee Van Divier
"I use 1/4" wood for the sides. I have used both pine and oak. I like spruce tops. I…" David McQueen replied Jun 24, 2016 to homemade boxes	13	Jun 28, 2016 Reply by JL
"I have really enjoyed making my own boxes. Good cigar boxes here are almost impossi…" David McQueen replied May 11, 2016 to Tapered Neck Advice	13	Jun 6, 2016 Reply by Nathan Binns
"I did two old school. I marked out the pattern on the neck. Kerfed to the pattern al…" David McQueen replied May 10, 2016 to Tapered Neck Advice	13	Jun 6, 2016 Reply by Nathan Binns
"I got some pics of the positive and negative... concave and convex ( ithink). Use t…" David McQueen replied Apr 20, 2016 to fretboard radius for CBJ?	22	Apr 21, 2016 Reply by doggylv .
"To make the sanding blocks I used a two step process. First I took a piece of 1/4" x…" David McQueen replied Apr 19, 2016 to fretboard radius for CBJ?	22	Apr 21, 2016 Reply by doggylv .
"Umm... That's pretty nice. You even have room for a coffee cup." David McQueen replied Mar 10, 2016 to Workbench Mayhem... Help! I have more stuff than space.	39	Mar 18, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"Ok, I am not an expert here. 1. People who play classical or say rock lead tend to l…" David McQueen replied Mar 10, 2016 to radius frets?	7	Mar 11, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"15 degrees is rhe same is is used on srandard guitars. It also gives enough drop tha…" David McQueen replied Mar 9, 2016 to Neck scarf joint question	31	Mar 11, 2016 Reply by Matt Quinney
"Yes, I snipped the wire. The two pickups are wired in series, but one is wound backw…" David McQueen replied Mar 1, 2016 to Cigar Box BASS - pick up questions	21	Mar 2, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder

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David McQueen's Discussions (357)

"There you go. Maple headstock with cherry head veneer extended by a piece of maple.…"

"I use 1/4" wood for the sides. I have used both pine and oak. I like spruce tops. I…"

"I have really enjoyed making my own boxes. Good cigar boxes here are almost impossi…"

"I did two old school. I marked out the pattern on the neck. Kerfed to the pattern al…"

"I got some pics of the positive and negative... concave and convex ( ithink). Use t…"

"To make the sanding blocks I used a two step process. First I took a piece of 1/4" x…"

"Umm... That's pretty nice. You even have room for a coffee cup."

"Ok, I am not an expert here. 1. People who play classical or say rock lead tend to l…"

"15 degrees is rhe same is is used on srandard guitars. It also gives enough drop tha…"

"Yes, I snipped the wire. The two pickups are wired in series, but one is wound backw…"

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