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"Like" JL replied Jul 13, 2015 to How much more difficult is a dog bowl resonator to build?	53	Dec 4, 2018 Reply by Mikey Hearrold II
"I was reading this and did a little browsing on the D'Addario's tension guide to fin…" JL replied Jul 13, 2015 to Cigar Box Bass - neck and string questions	7	Jul 16, 2015 Reply by Bluesheart
"just a guess, but since a ukelele is a sub-member of the class guitar which is sub-m…" JL replied Jul 8, 2015 to cbg becomes a ukelele	5	Jul 9, 2015 Reply by john mackay
"you had it right: depending on the the LED type, it will operate at a voltage drop…" JL replied Jun 30, 2015 to LED hookup	15	Jun 30, 2015 Reply by JL
"I use a chunk of wine cork instead of a dowel. " JL replied Jun 30, 2015 to How to make bottle cap knobs	15	Jul 4, 2015 Reply by Greg Thompson
"If the opportunity to get changes to the back-end come up, I would like to humbly su…" JL replied Jun 30, 2015 to Cigar Box Nation Redesign	97	Jul 18, 2015 Reply by CS LeBeau
"my 2 cents, not worth a nickle... The numbers (GAUGE) are the thickness of the strin…" JL replied Jun 23, 2015 to strings question's	5	Jun 23, 2015 Reply by john mackay
"Thanks for the blog, nice straight forward easy to follow..." JL replied Jun 23, 2015 to How to fit a non-adjustable 'truss rod'	3	Jun 23, 2015 Reply by Richey Kay
"A little googling on Mag PUP placement... Avoid the harmonic nodes; these are at fre…" JL replied Jun 16, 2015 to Location, Location, Location: Positioning Magnetic Pickups	38	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I actually like the proportions. how loud/clean is the sound with a hardtail so far…" JL replied Jun 15, 2015 to box size???	12	Jun 26, 2015 Reply by Bluesheart

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"I was reading this and did a little browsing on the D'Addario's tension guide to fin…"

"just a guess, but since a ukelele is a sub-member of the class guitar which is sub-m…"

"you had it right: depending on the the LED type, it will operate at a voltage drop…"

"I use a chunk of wine cork instead of a dowel. "

"If the opportunity to get changes to the back-end come up, I would like to humbly su…"

"my 2 cents, not worth a nickle... The numbers (GAUGE) are the thickness of the strin…"

"Thanks for the blog, nice straight forward easy to follow..."

"A little googling on Mag PUP placement... Avoid the harmonic nodes; these are at fre…"

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