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"Take a good stainless steel straight edge and lay it from the first fret to at leas…" Tom T replied Mar 11, 2015 to Action too high	5	Mar 16, 2015 Reply by Tom Gilreath
"You are under the spell............. Do not resist. CBGs have the horizontal, CBGs h…" Tom T replied Mar 10, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"You're not over thinking it. The distance from the nut to the first fret is very imp…" Tom T replied Mar 9, 2015 to Nut height and placement	8	Mar 10, 2015 Reply by Tom Gilreath
"Hi Tom. Is your build a fully fretted CBG or a fretless "Slider"? This will determin…" Tom T replied Mar 9, 2015 to Nut height and placement	8	Mar 10, 2015 Reply by Tom Gilreath
"Ooooooooh so true.................." Tom T replied Mar 8, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"Sounds like a very good plan. Please post photos when you get-er-done. Keeping the c…" Tom T replied Mar 7, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"Here are some photos of the violin guitar with the recently added fretted board. A…" Tom T replied Mar 7, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"Amen to that....................." Tom T replied Mar 6, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"I'll shoot a few photos tonight and post them. You're right, the violin body is grea…" Tom T replied Mar 6, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"It's funny how long a build can take. I knocked out a three-string slider for my gra…" Tom T replied Mar 6, 2015 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne

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Tom T's Discussions (992)

"Take a good stainless steel straight edge and lay it from the first fret to at leas…"

"You are under the spell............. Do not resist. CBGs have the horizontal, CBGs h…"

"You're not over thinking it. The distance from the nut to the first fret is very imp…"

"Hi Tom. Is your build a fully fretted CBG or a fretless "Slider"? This will determin…"

"Ooooooooh so true.................."

"Sounds like a very good plan. Please post photos when you get-er-done. Keeping the c…"

"Here are some photos of the violin guitar with the recently added fretted board. A…"

"Amen to that....................."

"I'll shoot a few photos tonight and post them. You're right, the violin body is grea…"

"It's funny how long a build can take. I knocked out a three-string slider for my gra…"

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