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"Is there any intonation adjustment with this? Neat looking bridge anyway. " MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Feb 6, 2011 to Intonation and bridge details.	14	Feb 7, 2011 Reply by mike g
"How sharp is your blade, I cut all my F holes in the lid with an electric sabre saw,…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Feb 6, 2011 to Chip out	10	Feb 6, 2011 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"Very slick idea Jason, always something new in here." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Feb 4, 2011 to Intonation and bridge details.	14	Feb 7, 2011 Reply by mike g
"Do you mean its only 1/4 inch inside the box? If so yes it will need to be thicker t…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 25, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"Go to ebay and search for an old stanley. They are reasonably cheap and much better…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 18, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"That shinto rasp looks neat I would like to try one. The advantage to the surform I…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 14, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"I started with the surform mainly because I had one and it seemed to work. I would l…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 12, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"I use it mainly on Black Walnut, but have used it on poplar (easy) and cherry, a b…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 12, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"Start with a sureform if you have one, if not they are cheap and can be gotten at mo…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 11, 2011 to (rookie?) neck troubles	34	Jan 29, 2011 Reply by alectron
"arrrrr" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Dec 5, 2010 to nut material	7	Dec 7, 2010 Reply by Mark Bliss

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

"Is there any intonation adjustment with this? Neat looking bridge anyway. "

"How sharp is your blade, I cut all my F holes in the lid with an electric sabre saw,…"

"Very slick idea Jason, always something new in here."

"Do you mean its only 1/4 inch inside the box? If so yes it will need to be thicker t…"

"Go to ebay and search for an old stanley. They are reasonably cheap and much better…"

"That shinto rasp looks neat I would like to try one. The advantage to the surform I…"

"I started with the surform mainly because I had one and it seemed to work. I would l…"

"I use it mainly on Black Walnut, but have used it on poplar (easy) and cherry, a b…"

"Start with a sureform if you have one, if not they are cheap and can be gotten at mo…"

"arrrrr"

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