Bertbart

I have used dried cow bones from a pet supplier but never from raw bones. You have raised a good question. I would guess they would need to be cooked so make some soup and set them out to dry. LOL

Here you go: http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/6347/920

I keep and extra cup for running raw thinner through the gun after each day of use. The laquer can sit in the cup for several days provided you put the gun back on the cup and shove a tooth pick in the air bleed hole in the top of the cup. But you said you are using a jam gun and those don't hold much laquer so if I were you I'd clean cup and gun every day. As others have said that top looks killer.

Tune each string open with your tuner. Then fret the string at the octave (12th fret) If your tuner says the string is sharpe then move the bridge saddle away from the nut thereby making the string distance longer from the nut. Re-tune that same string open and check again by fretting the octave. Keep doing it until the string is in tune open and at the octave. Now obviously the inverse is true if the string fretted at the octave is flat...then move the saddle toward the nut thereby shortening the string distance from the nut. It is always best to press harder when you fret the octave than you intend to when you play. What this does is make you set the harmonics slightly flat. All fretted instruments are a compensation and can never really play everywhere on the neck in tune. It is better to have your guitar set up a few cents flat than dead on or sharpe. It helps when chording and when playing single notes because you can compensate for flat with vibrato but if anything is sharpe it is displeasing to the ear.