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"Use screw in brass or steel eyes to hold the strings down.Or stick a layer of wood t…" Michael Fred Johnson replied May 29, 2011 to No neck angle; strings too high	23	Nov 2, 2011 Reply by Fred Railsback
"I used 14 x 5 mm (7/16 x 3/16") mild steel flat bar fitted so that the long dimensio…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Mar 18, 2011 to tross rod lengh	9	Mar 18, 2011 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"Like WY I dont bother with a truss rod on three string CBG's. On the six string I bu…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Mar 17, 2011 to tross rod lengh	9	Mar 18, 2011 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"There's a photo of a simple CBG rack on my page.But if you have kids you would need…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Mar 10, 2011 to guitar rack?	25	Mar 10, 2011 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"There is a photo of the unfinished neck of my 6 string on my page hope its of some h…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Nov 1, 2010 to Homemade Truss Rod Questions	20	Nov 1, 2010 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"Just put two photos of simple rack on my page. 4"x3/4" beech board (old shelf) 30" l…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Oct 30, 2010 to guitar rack?	25	Mar 10, 2011 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"To keep things simple and cheap I epoxy glued a piece of steel flat bar into a close…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Oct 30, 2010 to Homemade Truss Rod Questions	20	Nov 1, 2010 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"I built one of my boxes from scratch using materials left over from a guitar build (…" Michael Fred Johnson replied Oct 29, 2010 to Box modification (sanding, refinishing, restaining, etc)	11	Nov 1, 2010 Reply by Mister Scott

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Michael Fred Johnson's Discussions (553)

"Use screw in brass or steel eyes to hold the strings down.Or stick a layer of wood t…"

"I used 14 x 5 mm (7/16 x 3/16") mild steel flat bar fitted so that the long dimensio…"

"Like WY I dont bother with a truss rod on three string CBG's. On the six string I bu…"

"There's a photo of a simple CBG rack on my page.But if you have kids you would need…"

"There is a photo of the unfinished neck of my 6 string on my page hope its of some h…"

"Just put two photos of simple rack on my page. 4"x3/4" beech board (old shelf) 30" l…"

"To keep things simple and cheap I epoxy glued a piece of steel flat bar into a close…"

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