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"I just use some wire cutter and snip it off leaving a small sharp nub so it acts lik…" Shawn replied Nov 14, 2016 to Piezo Pick-Up Question! :)	35	Nov 18, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"I just cut it with a box knife they split right apart." Shawn replied Oct 19, 2016 to Strung her up	35	Oct 23, 2016 Reply by Danny B.
"If it was me I would make a whole new nut out of bone as that nut looks too thin to…" Shawn replied Oct 18, 2016 to Strung her up	35	Oct 23, 2016 Reply by Danny B.
"That nuts too high and the slots are contacting in the middle of the nut not the lea…" Shawn replied Oct 18, 2016 to Strung her up	35	Oct 23, 2016 Reply by Danny B.
"Thanks Richard I have been building for over 9 years now and still learning new tric…" Shawn replied Oct 18, 2016 to Gap between box lid and box question	15	Oct 19, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Use the thin veneer that comes inside some boxes boxes to build up the gap one strip…" Shawn replied Oct 16, 2016 to Gap between box lid and box question	15	Oct 19, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Here's a shot of necks I have done that way. It makes it easy to repeat to your hear…" Shawn replied Oct 16, 2016 to Compound miter saw jig	3	Oct 18, 2016 Reply by Kigar
"Look up in videos "scarf joint cut on chop saw simple jig" I just reversed the jig a…" Shawn replied Oct 16, 2016 to Compound miter saw jig	3	Oct 18, 2016 Reply by Kigar
"If you got it off amazon write a bad review or contact the seller they will probably…" Shawn replied Sep 28, 2016 to Piezo disc	18	Oct 27, 2016 Reply by John Dill
"They are in the hardware and fastener area bins at Ace so no packages sorry." Shawn replied Sep 14, 2016 to The never ending problem of output jack mounting solved.	22	Sep 15, 2016 Reply by Jonno

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Shawn's Discussions (306)

"I just use some wire cutter and snip it off leaving a small sharp nub so it acts lik…"

"I just cut it with a box knife they split right apart."

"If it was me I would make a whole new nut out of bone as that nut looks too thin to…"

"That nuts too high and the slots are contacting in the middle of the nut not the lea…"

"Thanks Richard I have been building for over 9 years now and still learning new tric…"

"Use the thin veneer that comes inside some boxes boxes to build up the gap one strip…"

"Here's a shot of necks I have done that way. It makes it easy to repeat to your hear…"

"Look up in videos "scarf joint cut on chop saw simple jig" I just reversed the jig a…"

"If you got it off amazon write a bad review or contact the seller they will probably…"

"They are in the hardware and fastener area bins at Ace so no packages sorry."

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