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"Yeah. It's hammer on technique. The strings are set so low in action that just my pu…" Fomhorach replied Sep 4, 2016 to What on earth is a tapper guitar?!	21	Oct 19, 2016 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"I've very often found I break strings trying to reach those notes with the high E st…" Fomhorach replied Sep 4, 2016 to "Backdraft" - First Cigar Box Guitar Build Eva	21	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by The Bane
"It might be because they have the strings really close to the fretboard they can jus…" Fomhorach replied Sep 4, 2016 to What on earth is a tapper guitar?!	21	Oct 19, 2016 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Fret markers are pop rivets. I ended up stringing it with a bass string and three no…" Fomhorach replied Sep 4, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Finished eventuality. Thank God." Fomhorach replied Sep 4, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"I was wrong in the neck reinforcement. After I had set my frets and strung it up I f…" Fomhorach replied Sep 1, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"We talk about scale meaning the scale length. This is the measurement between the nu…" Fomhorach replied Aug 27, 2016 to Hoping to sort some ideas out about scale of neck.	6	Oct 8, 2016 Reply by Anne M. Fridley-Owen
"Heres some shots of the insides, sorry I can't show how I did this more clearly as i…" Fomhorach replied Aug 27, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"On a side note.. When I fretted this, the space between the nut and the first fret i…" Fomhorach replied Aug 25, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"It's not finished yet. I need to find some form of string fixing at the nut. I was g…" Fomhorach replied Aug 25, 2016 to Baritone scale length?	17	Sep 4, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach

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Fomhorach's Discussions (589)

"Yeah. It's hammer on technique. The strings are set so low in action that just my pu…"

"I've very often found I break strings trying to reach those notes with the high E st…"

"It might be because they have the strings really close to the fretboard they can jus…"

"Fret markers are pop rivets. I ended up stringing it with a bass string and three no…"

"Finished eventuality. Thank God."

"I was wrong in the neck reinforcement. After I had set my frets and strung it up I f…"

"We talk about scale meaning the scale length. This is the measurement between the nu…"

"Heres some shots of the insides, sorry I can't show how I did this more clearly as i…"

"On a side note.. When I fretted this, the space between the nut and the first fret i…"

"It's not finished yet. I need to find some form of string fixing at the nut. I was g…"

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