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1 This Song Isn't True - Busking & Live Looping w 3 String Cigar Box Guitar in St Ives, Cambs

This Song Isn't True - Busking & Live Looping w 3 String Cigar Box Guitar in St Ives, Cambs

Added by bemuzic on August 7, 2022
2 Got My Mind Set on You (cover on acoustic guitar)

Got My Mind Set on You (cover on acoustic guitar)

Added by Poorness Studios on August 7, 2022
3 First cigar box guitar

First cigar box guitar

Added by Howard Craypool on August 8, 2022
4 Made a tail piece

Made a tail piece

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5 #29

#29

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6 AGP #268 ''Tooty Dog'' Tribute "Amazing Grace"

AGP #268 ''Tooty Dog'' Tribute "Amazing Grace"

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7 Give me all your Loving A .D. Eker 2022

Give me all your Loving A .D. Eker 2022

Added by A.D.EKER on August 7, 2022
8 1st and 2nd CBGs

1st and 2nd CBGs

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9 Justin Johnson for RTL guitars

Justin Johnson for RTL guitars

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Basic Violin-building Parts Pack - Ebony

Basic Violin-building Parts Pack - Ebony

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GittyBucker Load-n-Go - pre-wired surface-mount humbucker harness- No Soldering Required!

Now it's even easier to drop one of our famous GittyBucker surface-mount pickups into your next build, because we've done all the wiring for you! Thes pre-wired harnesses are by far the easiest magnetic pickup to install out there.  No rout..

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