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"Thanks Keith!" Rough Cut Guitars replied Jun 6, 2020 to Mortise and Tenon Neck Adventure - Part 2: The Tenon	4	Aug 23, 2020 Reply by Rough Cut Guitars
"Hey Jon, Late to the party, but I thin all of my tops - even paper ones - and brace…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Jun 4, 2020 to To brace or not to brace	22	Jun 27, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Thanks Paul! I hadn't thought about a piezo in the neck position I've just gone unde…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Apr 12, 2020 to Pickup configuration question	5	Apr 13, 2020 Reply by Paul Craig
"Thanks Ray! Yep, this is my next stage of learning for sure. Tomorrow I'm cutting th…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Apr 12, 2020 to Making a mortise and tenon neck joint at Rough Cut Guitars – Part 1: The Larch… I mean, the mortise!	6	Apr 13, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Hey thanks Taff! You know what they say: One good jig is worth a thousand CBGs :-)" Rough Cut Guitars replied Feb 5, 2020 to Making a mortise and tenon neck joint at Rough Cut Guitars – Part 1: The Larch… I mean, the mortise!	6	Apr 13, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Thanks for your interest David! It's actually a lower-tech approach to the standard…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Jan 15, 2020 to Neck mortising jig	2	Jan 15, 2020 Reply by Rough Cut Guitars
"Happy New Year Jon! I've learned for acoustic response 1/2 to 2/3 (from the neck joi…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Dec 31, 2019 to where oh where do i put the saddle?	5	Jan 5, 2020 Reply by Paul scofield
"Without actually doing the math ( I hate math - kinda like Indy hates snakes) I thin…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Dec 31, 2019 to Looking back	3	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Rough Cut Guitars
"And to you too." Rough Cut Guitars replied Dec 25, 2019 to Merry Christmas and Thanks......	2	Dec 25, 2019 Reply by Rough Cut Guitars
"Oops, sorry - guess I left that story unfinished. So, I named my brand Rough Cut Gui…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Sep 2, 2019 to Where or How did you come up with your handle (nickname)	37	Oct 6, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog

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Rough Cut Guitars's Discussions (49)

"Thanks Keith!"

"Hey Jon, Late to the party, but I thin all of my tops - even paper ones - and brace…"

"Thanks Paul! I hadn't thought about a piezo in the neck position I've just gone unde…"

"Thanks Ray! Yep, this is my next stage of learning for sure. Tomorrow I'm cutting th…"

"Hey thanks Taff! You know what they say: One good jig is worth a thousand CBGs :-)"

"Thanks for your interest David! It's actually a lower-tech approach to the standard…"

"Happy New Year Jon! I've learned for acoustic response 1/2 to 2/3 (from the neck joi…"

"Without actually doing the math ( I hate math - kinda like Indy hates snakes) I thin…"

"And to you too."

"Oops, sorry - guess I left that story unfinished. So, I named my brand Rough Cut Gui…"

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