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Rusty Pup (Mark) replied to Where's Uranus?'s discussion Joining Lumber in the group Low Budget Land"For what you want to do, the Irwin blade should do nicely. Carbide blades aren't 100% carbide - just the tips of the teeth are. If you look at the close-ups of the pic of that Irwin blade, you'll see that the tips of the teeth are separate…"
Dave replied to Dave's discussion Just showing off: My new CBG"I actually have a few footed bridges! I used to have a six-string banjo, and I was trying everything to make it sound decent. I failed."
Ron "Oily" Sprague replied to Dave's discussion Just showing off: My new CBG"Those Padron boxes always seem to sound good acoustically. Nice build! I like the headstock, and the double hinge tailpiece. How many people have a footed bridge lying around the house?"
Ron "Oily" Sprague commented on ross harper's blog post getting clips from facebook to cbn?"Look forward to it!"
ross harper commented on ross harper's blog post getting clips from facebook to cbn?" Thanks Ron.I've got to get my cuz to change theprivacy settings on her facebook.Tomorrow.I hope everybody likes this vid when I do get it on,it's taken some mucking around!"
Where's Uranus? replied to Where's Uranus?'s discussion Joining Lumber in the group Low Budget Land"Well you can click the link it's a $10 sawblade. I just got the tablesaw, so I've no real experience of how expensive blades can get, and I haven't seen Freud blades anywhere round here, just things like Irwin, DeWalt, Milwaukee, and…"
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More than Full Circle and Other Voices, The Golden Scarab is the best embodiment of the Doors by one of the three surviving members, and it is amazing it wasn't a huge underground…"
David Clark commented on the anonymous pick's group Teisco and vintage Japanese Lovers group."I've decided to sell the semi hollow body we talked about the other day. The electronics work fine, sounds awesome. I have too many other projects right now. Maybe someone will want it more than I do. Anyway, I want $350.00, price is firm, I…"
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Just showing off: My new CBG
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Cool story in news today with a CBG!
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Just a new member saying "Hello" to everyone.
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Bluesboy Jag's How To Play A CBG DVD
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string choice
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Remove Paper on Inside of Box Lid?
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Building a 3-string for a little person (dwarf)... thoughts?
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Stringing Jig
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Doughnuts and Cigar Box Guitars (a letter from Shane Speal)
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CBG.UK Radio GO GO GO....LIVE LINK and SHOWTIMES !
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Winners of the 2012 Cigar Box Nation Builder's Challenge: Famous Monsters
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piezo pickups
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Vendors Needed/Wanted-- Rochester NY
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Anyone have any 3 string cord songs and give the frets.. Like 3,5,7,5,6,3.. thanks
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Please join me and help some kids with the gift of music!
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The Doors' Ray Manzarek Breaks On Through To The Other Side
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Flatpup. 250K, 500K or direct to jack?
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Volume pot as a blend
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Highwood Guitar Article
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