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"Cool" Ice Bob replied Aug 8, 2018 to How to Play Hawaiian Music on a Three String Cigar Box Guitar - the new G6 tuning	9	Aug 8, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I got a bunch of these cheap http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/one-string-g…" Ice Bob replied Jun 11, 2018 to Single string electric bass advice needed	8	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by Ice Bob
"Micro cube my Swiss army knife" Ice Bob replied Jun 11, 2018 to please recommend a smal mobile Amp with Effects	21	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by Ice Bob
"1 i use banjo tuning on 4 string (DGbd) top 4 strings drop the e to d. I do 3 variat…" Ice Bob replied May 12, 2015 to What tunings do you use?	59	May 12, 2015 Reply by Ice Bob
"dont do micky mouse the suits will visit you" Ice Bob replied May 12, 2015 to Thinking of starting a petition	29	May 22, 2015 Reply by TN Twang
"thank you c# merle " Ice Bob replied May 9, 2015 to Cbn neil young album - free download	196	May 17, 2015 Reply by Thorsten Hinrichsen
"im in the mag pickup fan club. piezo's have a place but mags win hands down.bare fin…" Ice Bob replied Apr 8, 2015 to Location, Location, Location: Positioning Magnetic Pickups	38	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"ill do Mr Soul" Ice Bob replied Mar 5, 2015 to Cbn neil young album - free download	196	May 17, 2015 Reply by Thorsten Hinrichsen
"tile saw" Ice Bob replied Jan 2, 2015 to Best Technique for Cutting Wine Bottle Tops?	22	Dec 30, 2017 Reply by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly
"it dont matter there is lots of reasons for both. i started on 4 string and didn't…" Ice Bob replied Dec 25, 2014 to 4-String Open G Tuning?	43	Nov 13, 2019 Reply by Kevin Keating

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Ice Bob's Discussions (109)

"Cool"

"I got a bunch of these cheap http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/one-string-g…"

"Micro cube my Swiss army knife"

"1 i use banjo tuning on 4 string (DGbd) top 4 strings drop the e to d. I do 3 variat…"

"dont do micky mouse the suits will visit you"

"thank you c# merle "

"im in the mag pickup fan club. piezo's have a place but mags win hands down.bare fin…"

"ill do Mr Soul"

"tile saw"

"it dont matter there is lots of reasons for both. i started on 4 string and didn't…"