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"Looks great, LP!! Nicely done!" Bryan replied Oct 16, 2017 to Bourbon Tin Diddley Bass	3	Oct 16, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Thanks for the replies and tips, gang! I will look into the mentioned tooling. Grea…" Bryan replied Oct 15, 2017 to Tin Diddley Bow	4	Oct 15, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Looks great!! Excellent first build and especially rewarding project for father and…" Bryan replied Oct 14, 2017 to First build, license plate three string with my son	11	Oct 15, 2017 Reply by Ducati Scotty
"Sorry you have no replies yet, SB! I have been curious about this box kit as well. …" Bryan replied Oct 5, 2017 to CB Gitty 9x12 box Kit: who has used it, how do you like it, what are the potential issues youve found with bracing, top attachment, whatever	2	Oct 6, 2017 Reply by Erasmo Coco
"Thanks for the replies, everyone! Great words of advice. I've been learning so muc…" Bryan replied Sep 1, 2017 to Neck on top of box vs. thru box	9	Sep 1, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Thanks, JL. Yeah, I'm thinking the only way is to build different styles and see wh…" Bryan replied Aug 30, 2017 to Neck on top of box vs. thru box	9	Sep 1, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Thanks for the link, Richard!! I figured this had to have been discussed in the pas…" Bryan replied Aug 29, 2017 to Neck on top of box vs. thru box	9	Sep 1, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Beautiful guitar, John!!" Bryan replied Aug 29, 2017 to Tips/advice on buying a CBG?	17	Aug 29, 2017 Reply by Bryan
"Thanks for the welcome, gang! Ok - my initial plans are first tackle the diddley bow…" Bryan replied Aug 28, 2017 to Newbie just arrived	7	Aug 29, 2017 Reply by JL

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Bryan's Discussions (12)

"Looks great, LP!! Nicely done!"

"Thanks for the replies and tips, gang! I will look into the mentioned tooling. Grea…"

"Looks great!! Excellent first build and especially rewarding project for father and…"

"Sorry you have no replies yet, SB! I have been curious about this box kit as well. …"

"Thanks for the replies, everyone! Great words of advice. I've been learning so muc…"

"Thanks, JL. Yeah, I'm thinking the only way is to build different styles and see wh…"

"Thanks for the link, Richard!! I figured this had to have been discussed in the pas…"

"Beautiful guitar, John!!"

"Thanks for the welcome, gang! Ok - my initial plans are first tackle the diddley bow…"

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