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At 8:08am on January 18, 2011, Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said…
The kind of tuners I used are made for a standard 10mm hole.  If you don't have a 10mm drill bit you can drill it out at the next lowest size that you do have and then carefully widen the hole using a file or end pin reamer.
At 1:40pm on January 17, 2011, Bad Finger (Eric) said…
I always try to buy a little something from any independent business I visit. I dug 3 used tuning machines from the loose hardware box and the guy charged me $12. It'll cost him sale of an amp and guitar from me. I was trying to talk myself into a resonator and tube amp for the CBGs.
At 12:22pm on January 17, 2011, Bad Finger (Eric) said…
Thanks for the comment. Hot dog stands are out. I haven't eaten meat in over 9 years.
At 8:42am on January 17, 2011, Bad Finger (Eric) said…
Thanks for the friend request.  I was just out in the Rochester area this weekend visiting the in-laws in Honeyoye Falls.  Also, made my last ever visit to HOG. . .I'll stick with my local shop, Saratoga Guitar.
At 8:09am on January 10, 2011, Richard Sanabia said…
I can help you if you have any difficulties, or questions.
At 8:07am on January 10, 2011, Richard Sanabia said…
Hi Rusty. Here is a fret position calculator from Stewmac: http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator    If you have never fretted a board, I will do cut one in 35 inch scale if you like. Then you trim it to the width you are using, glue it one the instrument, and install the frets. trimming and finishing the ends, and leveling the frets. The fret calculator is great, and makes the job easy and accurate.
At 5:11am on December 22, 2010, Mitchell Boren said…

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Not sure what you mean by this.
At 3:31pm on November 26, 2010, Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw said…
Hi Mike. I don't know if this is of interest but you might like to read the discussion about neck height in relation to fingering a fretless instrument.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/playing/forum/topics/fingering-fretless?xg_source=activity

I am no expert. Just on the contrary I am a novice builder, but some of the responses were very helpful for me and maybe would be for you too.

In reality I suspect that it may depend on personal preference. I realised the neck on mine so that the fingerboard is now above the box, whereas it was flush to start with. On the other hand look at the instruments that John McNair makes (Red Dog Guitars) and it's difficult to find fault with either the look of the instruments or the results that he gets when playing them.

As they keep saying, no rules. Have fun.

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