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"Sam, that is exactly what I was going to say, you beat me to it. " MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 18, 2012 to 4 string CBG	10	Apr 18, 2012 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"Go with a 23 or 24 inch scale and you will be fine, the slightly shorter neck will l…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 2, 2012 to small box	8	Apr 2, 2012 Reply by Michael P Barclay
"By the way, in answer to one of your Q's, you can make a neck thru with a tailpiece,…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Mar 18, 2012 to first kit?	28	May 30, 2012 Reply by jeff heister
"Ditto to the fretless neck thru, easy to make, hard to screw up, and historically fa…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Mar 18, 2012 to first kit?	28	May 30, 2012 Reply by jeff heister
"Those deep box's can make a surprisingly good sounding CBG, don't rule them out beca…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Dec 23, 2011 to Does the size of the cigar box matter , how does it affect the instrument over all?	3	Dec 23, 2011 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"longer scale will be bassier, shorter trebleyer, also longer scale has higher tensio…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Nov 10, 2011 to Scale Length and its effect	5	Nov 21, 2011 Reply by Fred Railsback
"Murray, just pitch the tops and use the bottoms for your project, I use them with th…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied May 31, 2011 to Punch cigar boxes	15	May 31, 2011 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"Try raising the bridge some more and see if you can fret it without it laying on the…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied May 31, 2011 to Fretless troubles	5	Jun 1, 2011 Reply by Mike Whisenhunt
"I have a friend with a boat shop and they use black paint thinned a lot for their da…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Mar 13, 2011 to Ways to stain cedar dark for a sunburst.	9	Apr 16, 2011 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"Can't help with the aging process, but that is a neat looking bridge John." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Mar 6, 2011 to Wanted: A quick way to tarnish (oxidise) brass	17	Jul 3, 2011 Reply by Penny Nelson

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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's Discussions (1,015)

"Sam, that is exactly what I was going to say, you beat me to it. "

"Go with a 23 or 24 inch scale and you will be fine, the slightly shorter neck will l…"

"By the way, in answer to one of your Q's, you can make a neck thru with a tailpiece,…"

"Ditto to the fretless neck thru, easy to make, hard to screw up, and historically fa…"

"Those deep box's can make a surprisingly good sounding CBG, don't rule them out beca…"

"longer scale will be bassier, shorter trebleyer, also longer scale has higher tensio…"

"Murray, just pitch the tops and use the bottoms for your project, I use them with th…"

"Try raising the bridge some more and see if you can fret it without it laying on the…"

"I have a friend with a boat shop and they use black paint thinned a lot for their da…"

"Can't help with the aging process, but that is a neat looking bridge John."

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