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"I am self taught. I learned from my mistakes. Here is how I orient tuners on…" gary sheldon replied Sep 9, 2014 to Newby CBG builder questions	22	Nov 16, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"Thanks Mad, And Brian- you don't need to know what string trees are because you don…" gary sheldon replied Sep 9, 2014 to Newby CBG builder questions	22	Nov 16, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"Brian, Here is the headstock scarf joint I use. I found it on Youtube…" gary sheldon replied Sep 9, 2014 to Newby CBG builder questions	22	Nov 16, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"Since you are building an acoustic guitar, be very careful when picking out the box…" gary sheldon replied Sep 9, 2014 to Newby CBG builder questions	22	Nov 16, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"Here is how I have done it. The system is from a YouTube video on building CBG…" gary sheldon replied Aug 11, 2014 to Tips on angling head to the neck?	13	Aug 12, 2014 Reply by Ken Henry
"Brian, Convert your scale length in inches to metric. Use the Stew-Mac calculator i…" gary sheldon replied Jun 30, 2014 to Somewhat Dumb Question About Zero Frets...	30	Aug 26, 2014 Reply by wormil
"Brian: On Measuring fret slots: Measuring from an existing guitar is very difficult…" gary sheldon replied Jun 30, 2014 to Somewhat Dumb Question About Zero Frets...	30	Aug 26, 2014 Reply by wormil
"I think the strings should contact the zero fret. Then the "nut" (bolt) becomes sim…" gary sheldon replied Jun 30, 2014 to Somewhat Dumb Question About Zero Frets...	30	Aug 26, 2014 Reply by wormil
"It looks a lot better than my first try. Consider yourself very fortunate to have a…" gary sheldon replied Jun 7, 2014 to Progress on my first build	7	Jun 8, 2014 Reply by Robert Dawkins

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gary sheldon's Discussions (247)

"I am self taught. I learned from my mistakes. Here is how I orient tuners on…"

"Thanks Mad, And Brian- you don't need to know what string trees are because you don…"

"Brian, Here is the headstock scarf joint I use. I found it on Youtube…"

"Since you are building an acoustic guitar, be very careful when picking out the box…"

"Here is how I have done it. The system is from a YouTube video on building CBG…"

"Brian, Convert your scale length in inches to metric. Use the Stew-Mac calculator i…"

"Brian: On Measuring fret slots: Measuring from an existing guitar is very difficult…"

"I think the strings should contact the zero fret. Then the "nut" (bolt) becomes sim…"

"It looks a lot better than my first try. Consider yourself very fortunate to have a…"

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