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major problems with my uke. FIX MY NECK!

I have only just put on a discussion about trying to find strings for this ukulele because i thought i was on the home stretch. unfortunate…

Started by St Ginger

5 Apr 15, 2012
Reply by David L.

Neck varnish

Hello! I'm building my first cigar box guitar and I'm a little stuck with what to do with varnishing the neck. I have bought some Ronseal…

Started by Rob T

21 Feb 11, 2012
Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague

No neck angle; strings too high

I built my first CBG in about 10 builds where I used a straight neck instead of a scarf joint for a neck angle, and now I really appreciate…

Started by Dave Onastik

23 Nov 2, 2011
Reply by Fred Railsback

Where to buy materials

First of all I was wondering where to buy cigar boxes and wood for the neck. There is a website  called thompsons cigars where they sell th…

Started by Mich

14 Apr 14, 2011
Reply by Bill McCahill

I need fix my neck!

I need a way to raise my neck or to do something so that my string wont slap when I'm playing. I'm still in the building process. i burned…

Started by parker Snook

5 Feb 27, 2011
Reply by parker Snook

tin box, attaching the neck to the tin

i found 2 examples of how tin boxes are attached to the necks. the first has some kind of frame inside the box and the second has a support…

Started by paul

42 Jan 23, 2011
Reply by Rand Moore

Is a 40mm wide neck too thin for a 3-stringer?

My Uncle-in-law kindly gave me some oak and elm to use for CBG necks, and cut it to size.  Annoyingly I told him slightly the wrong dimensi…

Started by J-Hob

12 Sep 24, 2010
Reply by YeahDoIt

How to unglue ukulele neck

Hi everyone,I have a ukulele on which only neck is good and I want to unglue it from the soundcase so I can re-use the neck for another pro…

Started by LittleBigOne

4 Sep 16, 2010
Reply by Ben

Yo 6 string builders

I was wondering what most of you use for the neck; (1) The usual 1 x 2(2) Something larger like a 1 x 4(3) Do most of you put truss rods in…

Started by Douglas Eric Marsalis

10 Aug 19, 2010
Reply by Dave Onastik

4 string neck width

Need some opinions on whether or not I can get by with the typical 1 x 2 piece of oak for a four (4) string neck. Do you think the strings…

Started by Tim Fleischer

10 Jan 14, 2010
Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates

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