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"I just thought people who came here have been looking around and probably searching…" Jan Westphal replied Jul 3, 2012 to homebuilds @flickr	7	Jul 3, 2012 Reply by Glenn Reither
"Unfortunately it is hard to find a small plug cutter over here... But I discovered s…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 24, 2012 to Fretboard dots	20	Mar 24, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"Lots of input, thanks Nationalists you're the best! I have a look for a plug cutter…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 22, 2012 to Fretboard dots	20	Mar 24, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"David, I assume you know the fret calculator at Stew Mac to check string length and…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 21, 2012 to Bridge and nut	17	Mar 21, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"You're probably right, I didn't think about it really. The zero fretted instruments…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 21, 2012 to Bridge and nut	17	Mar 21, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"You certainly could but the action might be too low for slide playing, well you can…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 20, 2012 to Bridge and nut	17	Mar 21, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"It should be slightly higher. Was thinking about a zero fret for my current build bu…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 20, 2012 to Bridge and nut	17	Mar 21, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal
"I totally agree, as it is too cold these days to work in the garage that serves me a…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 13, 2012 to Building My First Cigar Box Guitar	10	Mar 13, 2012 Reply by Hayden A Butler
"I made 3 cbg's so far and used the A/D/G strings of an ordinary set of phosphor bron…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 8, 2012 to Strings	4	Mar 11, 2012 Reply by thomas h. a. brown
"Thats about the method I tried and it worked out, sort of. Needs some practice I sup…" Jan Westphal replied Mar 2, 2012 to fretting done smoothly	10	Mar 2, 2012 Reply by Jan Westphal

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Jan Westphal's Discussions (37)

"I just thought people who came here have been looking around and probably searching…"

"Unfortunately it is hard to find a small plug cutter over here... But I discovered s…"

"Lots of input, thanks Nationalists you're the best! I have a look for a plug cutter…"

"David, I assume you know the fret calculator at Stew Mac to check string length and…"

"You're probably right, I didn't think about it really. The zero fretted instruments…"

"You certainly could but the action might be too low for slide playing, well you can…"

"It should be slightly higher. Was thinking about a zero fret for my current build bu…"

"I totally agree, as it is too cold these days to work in the garage that serves me a…"

"I made 3 cbg's so far and used the A/D/G strings of an ordinary set of phosphor bron…"

"Thats about the method I tried and it worked out, sort of. Needs some practice I sup…"

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