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"Thanks! I checked out that string calculator, and it tells me that something in the…" The Big One replied Jul 21, 2017 to 4 String DBGE tuning options	3	Jul 21, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"Hmm, the post seemed to have eaten some of the pictures... oh well... I'll add some…" The Big One replied Jul 16, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"More progress... mostly done at this point, although after playing around a bit I fo…" The Big One replied Jul 16, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"Finished the fretboard inlays yesterday evening. The fretboard is wenge, and I…" The Big One replied Jul 11, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"A bit more progress... finished gluing the top binding. Next step is the fretb…" The Big One replied Jul 4, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"Cool, interesting to hear the effects of different scale lengths. I got the sound bo…" The Big One replied Jul 3, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"Thanks! I haven't quite decided on the scale length yet, but it will be something be…" The Big One replied Jul 2, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"Thanks! I have a couple of blog posts that go into greater detail... see http://www.…" The Big One replied Jun 30, 2017 to WIP - my first (C)BG	13	Jul 16, 2017 Reply by The Big One
"I tend to use the following tools the most (in rough order of use) Table saw Statio…" The Big One replied Jun 30, 2017 to Basic must have tools and workshop pics	28	Jul 20, 2017 Reply by Chris F

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The Big One's Discussions (11)

"Thanks! I checked out that string calculator, and it tells me that something in the…"

"Hmm, the post seemed to have eaten some of the pictures... oh well... I'll add some…"

"More progress... mostly done at this point, although after playing around a bit I fo…"

"Finished the fretboard inlays yesterday evening. The fretboard is wenge, and I…"

"A bit more progress... finished gluing the top binding. Next step is the fretb…"

"Cool, interesting to hear the effects of different scale lengths. I got the sound bo…"

"Thanks! I haven't quite decided on the scale length yet, but it will be something be…"

"Thanks! I have a couple of blog posts that go into greater detail... see http://www.…"

"I tend to use the following tools the most (in rough order of use) Table saw Statio…"

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