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"We make our own fretboard treatments - a pure food grade mineral oil with essential…" ChickenboneJohn replied Feb 16, 2020 to Walnut overload	21	Feb 16, 2020 Reply by 3 Chord Ziggy
"We use black walnut all the time as fretboards (when I say all the time, I mean hun…" ChickenboneJohn replied Feb 15, 2020 to Walnut overload	21	Feb 16, 2020 Reply by 3 Chord Ziggy
"Set the top of the fretboard around 7-10mm above the top of the box if you are using…" ChickenboneJohn replied May 13, 2018 to Ideal fret board hieght above box?	5	May 13, 2018 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"That sounds like it might be a faulty tuner. Typically it need 14-18 turns of the kn…" ChickenboneJohn replied Apr 5, 2018 to Sealed tuner question.	3	Apr 5, 2018 Reply by Dirk
"Typically I start with a 22mm neck blank with a 6mm fretboard glued on, and usually…" ChickenboneJohn replied Apr 5, 2018 to How narrow can the neck be	12	Apr 5, 2018 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"Hollowbelly's old red Christian Beshore 3 stringer has a very skinny neck, about 25m…" ChickenboneJohn replied Apr 5, 2018 to How narrow can the neck be	12	Apr 5, 2018 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"Poplar is rather soft, and for putting frets into wouldn't be a great choice. - the…" ChickenboneJohn replied Apr 29, 2017 to Poplar fretboard?	12	May 20, 2017 Reply by Peter Solomon
"Sorry to tell you, but that's not the best way to do it folks. For any given scale l…" ChickenboneJohn replied Feb 22, 2016 to How to position the bridge?	15	Mar 6, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"I use copper when I run guitar making workshops, as it's quick and cheap way to give…" ChickenboneJohn replied Jan 30, 2016 to slides and 3 string CBG's	11	Jan 30, 2016 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"Copper isn't much good for a slide - it will work, but not very well. To get a clear…" ChickenboneJohn replied Jan 29, 2016 to slides and 3 string CBG's	11	Jan 30, 2016 Reply by ChickenboneJohn

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