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"I like the worn look on the top. Nice touch on the tail piece How's it sound?"
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Wade replied to Jose Cruise's discussion Remove Paper on Inside of Box Lid?
"If you want to improve tone - you could try these steps.  This is what I've done: 1. strip the paper off as mentioned with sandpaper- water and then scrape off. 2. thin the top so it vibrates more freely using a sander 3.I like to apply…"
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Matched pair of Mun Ebony slides for Tom Lauten. Stubby and lap steel.
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Dan Sleep commented on Shane's group Building a Cigar Box Guitar 101
"John, I have used those Jockomo fret graphics and they turned out pretty good. For the bridge, you can put it anywhere you want, but you don't want it getting in the way of your strumming. Anywhere in the 1/4 to 1/3 of the box length should be…"
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Jim Pickles commented on Shane's group How to Play a Cigar Box Guitar
"Hi All, I'm looking for a tutorial on Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant. Has a real nice chunky slide sound. Anybody play this on a CBG? I'm tuned to GDg right now but I'll switch to any tuning for a chance to…"
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