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"Dick, I have made many paper covered boxed CBG's and a bunch of them are Macanudos.…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Dec 18, 2012 to Paper covered boxes.	10	Dec 21, 2012 Reply by Dick Mott
"That depends on how good your glue joint is, either way my 3 strings 24" scale dose…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Nov 5, 2012 to angled neck	11	Nov 5, 2012 Reply by Steve wootten
"I use a 2" thick board and cut the angle into the neck, no joint to break that way." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Oct 30, 2012 to angled neck	11	Nov 5, 2012 Reply by Steve wootten
"It sounds like you are doing the right thing to fix it. Lower the nut as far as you…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jun 16, 2012 to Action	7	Jun 16, 2012 Reply by wormil
"I second the bread trick, works great and leaves a shiny surface when done." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jun 2, 2012 to Removing Health Warning Stickers	12	Jun 3, 2012 Reply by Mark "Fatt Max" Hill
"You will never know unless you build it. I would make the cbg so you could swap the…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jun 2, 2012 to soundboard?	4	Jun 2, 2012 Reply by Pascal
"I have been using Homer Formbys tung oil finish. Its not real tung oil but its easy…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied May 2, 2012 to CBG Finishing	11	May 24, 2012 Reply by Jim burt
"Ok, for my first one I used what I had, a stanley tools sureform with a convex blade…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied May 1, 2012 to Making a Beautiful Curved Neck ... First Time Build (newbie question)	3	May 1, 2012 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"Looks good, liking the tail treatment. Nice " MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 23, 2012 to My first CBG with lessons to learn	14	Apr 25, 2012 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"Or just tune down a step. " MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 23, 2012 to bow neck	8	Apr 25, 2012 Reply by RUM SICK DAVE

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

"Dick, I have made many paper covered boxed CBG's and a bunch of them are Macanudos.…"

"That depends on how good your glue joint is, either way my 3 strings 24" scale dose…"

"I use a 2" thick board and cut the angle into the neck, no joint to break that way."

"It sounds like you are doing the right thing to fix it. Lower the nut as far as you…"

"I second the bread trick, works great and leaves a shiny surface when done."

"You will never know unless you build it. I would make the cbg so you could swap the…"

"I have been using Homer Formbys tung oil finish. Its not real tung oil but its easy…"

"Ok, for my first one I used what I had, a stanley tools sureform with a convex blade…"

"Looks good, liking the tail treatment. Nice "

"Or just tune down a step. "

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