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"Brian It's hard to see in the one pic but the strings go through the laces looking t…" Amerigo replied Mar 16, 2013 to Just finished first CBG / need help with strings	17	Mar 17, 2013 Reply by BrianQ.
"Thanks everyone for the replies. I was able to tune one of them to gdgb and it sound…" Amerigo replied Mar 15, 2013 to Just finished first CBG / need help with strings	17	Mar 17, 2013 Reply by BrianQ.
"Starting the winding the wound part of the string does not reach the peg at all just…" Amerigo replied Mar 13, 2013 to Just finished first CBG / need help with strings	17	Mar 17, 2013 Reply by BrianQ.
"I keep breaking the strings when I try and tune them to gdgd and I thought maybe bec…" Amerigo replied Mar 13, 2013 to Just finished first CBG / need help with strings	17	Mar 17, 2013 Reply by BrianQ.
" Tom I like the examples you showed and can see where any of them would work. Thank…" Amerigo replied Jan 27, 2013 to Size of Cigar Box	9	Jan 27, 2013 Reply by Busyhands Slim
"Scott Do you know if It would be ok to make the scale length longer say maybe 27 to…" Amerigo replied Jan 27, 2013 to Size of Cigar Box	9	Jan 27, 2013 Reply by Busyhands Slim
"I thought of that bout would like it to be facing forward. I was hoping someone woul…" Amerigo replied Jan 26, 2013 to Size of Cigar Box	9	Jan 27, 2013 Reply by Busyhands Slim
"Thanks Steve and Keni Lee for all the info . This thing is a blast got her hooked up…" Amerigo replied Dec 24, 2012 to 4 string tuning	17	Jan 16, 2013 Reply by DeltaglowBoy
"I'll have to check out some of these different tunings and just play around with it…" Amerigo replied Dec 23, 2012 to 4 string tuning	17	Jan 16, 2013 Reply by DeltaglowBoy
"Thanks Vance and Joel for the replies . I' m having fun with it that's for sure. Ha…" Amerigo replied Dec 23, 2012 to 4 string tuning	17	Jan 16, 2013 Reply by DeltaglowBoy

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Amerigo's Discussions (14)

"Brian It's hard to see in the one pic but the strings go through the laces looking t…"

"Thanks everyone for the replies. I was able to tune one of them to gdgb and it sound…"

"Starting the winding the wound part of the string does not reach the peg at all just…"

"I keep breaking the strings when I try and tune them to gdgd and I thought maybe bec…"

" Tom I like the examples you showed and can see where any of them would work. Thank…"

"Scott Do you know if It would be ok to make the scale length longer say maybe 27 to…"

"I thought of that bout would like it to be facing forward. I was hoping someone woul…"

"Thanks Steve and Keni Lee for all the info . This thing is a blast got her hooked up…"

"I'll have to check out some of these different tunings and just play around with it…"

"Thanks Vance and Joel for the replies . I' m having fun with it that's for sure. Ha…"

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