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    Happy New Year and hello from Port Richey Florida.

    Hello every one Happy new year. My name is Fredric Rock. I little about me, I have been playing guitar for nearly over 30 years. I started modding by doing pickup installs and also amp repairs. But the 3 3 year I took a Yamaha acoustic to have a bone nut and saddle installed. So I go pick it up and the gay says it sounds very tiny, but he said that cutting down the treble would be sufficient. I get home with it and started playing right away not eve 2 minutes into playing it the strings dropped at the nut. so he did not cut it thin enough to fit the slot it was 3mm too wide. Then I looked at the saddle and to my surprise that was too thin and sitting slanted forward not making proper contact against the piezzo pickup. So I got on ebay and found a bone saddle blank and watched some videos on youtube and cut the saddle to length and filed it to to height and compensation. The nut I filed it to the correct width and my guitar now play great and sounds great. SO that how I started and now my friends have me do all their acoustics for bone upgrades. I just finished a Stratocaster with no Fender parts and it was 6 months of hard work to get it going. I will post some pics of it later and a list of everything that I used to build it. As for the screen name Triumph904 I ride a Bonneville which I installed the Wiseco 904CC kit.

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    G'day TRiumph904 Welcome to the club.

    Quote Originally Posted by TRiumph904 View Post
    I ride a Bonneville.
    Ah, you are handy with tools then.

    cheers, Mark.

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    GAStronomist FrankenWashie's Avatar
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    Welcome to the forum TRiumph904 and Happy New Year. What are you thinking of building?
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    Nice to have a fellow Bonneville rider on board.

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    Overlord of Music Andy40's Avatar
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    Welcome to the forum
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    Overlord of Music Fretworn's Avatar
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    Welcome Fredric.
    Current:
    GTH-1

    Completed:
    AST-1FB
    First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
    ES-5V
    Scratchie lapsteel
    Custom ST-1 12 String
    JBA-4
    TL-1TB
    Scratch Lapsteel
    Meinl DIY Cajon
    Cigar Box lap steel

    Wishing:
    Baritone
    Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck

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    Welcome to the forum!
    #001 (LP-1S) [finished - co-runner up Nov 2018 GOTM]
    #002 (WL-1)
    #003 (MPL Megacaster - semi scratch build) [finished]
    #004 (ST-1 JR - Arachnoid Superhero build) [finished]
    #005 (LP jr)
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    Junk shop acoustic refurbs (various)
    'The TGS Special'

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    Overlord of Music fender3x's Avatar
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    Welcome to another Floridian ;-)

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