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"Best read in a West Midlands accent, that last sentence (entschuldigen Sie- Englisch…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 7, 2018 to please recommend a smal mobile Amp with Effects	21	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by Ice Bob
"I've been off and done some research. There's your MicroCube, or a Vox Mini 3 which…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 7, 2018 to please recommend a smal mobile Amp with Effects	21	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by Ice Bob
"Or go on eBay (other s/h gear sites are available) and check out used MicroCubes. I…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 7, 2018 to please recommend a smal mobile Amp with Effects	21	Jun 11, 2018 Reply by Ice Bob
"And as a qualified boatwright friend of mine advised, if you keep using templates an…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 7, 2018 to Fret spacing template	16	Jun 8, 2018 Reply by RTZGUITARS
"Well JL, the short answer is "my local hardware store". They do all-metric too, but…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 6, 2018 to Fret spacing template	16	Jun 8, 2018 Reply by RTZGUITARS
"I google "fret interval calculator", and the top result (for me) is the StewMac site…" Wal Callaby replied Jun 5, 2018 to Fret spacing template	16	Jun 8, 2018 Reply by RTZGUITARS
"Hi Shaun- I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say you're from RoI. If so, try searc…" Wal Callaby replied May 1, 2018 to Maximum Box Thickness	10	May 1, 2018 Reply by Wal Callaby
"Thanks Taff- I've just revisited my original question, which ran "Any reason why...?…" Wal Callaby replied Apr 30, 2018 to Humbuckers- a question for the house	32	May 1, 2018 Reply by Korrigan
"Which kinda informed my 'parallel instead of perpendicular' idea in the first place.…" Wal Callaby replied Apr 29, 2018 to Humbuckers- a question for the house	32	May 1, 2018 Reply by Korrigan
"A fair point Taff. I almost invariably go for the neck position (3/4 scale length),…" Wal Callaby replied Apr 28, 2018 to Humbuckers- a question for the house	32	May 1, 2018 Reply by Korrigan

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Wal Callaby's Discussions (113)

"Best read in a West Midlands accent, that last sentence (entschuldigen Sie- Englisch…"

"I've been off and done some research. There's your MicroCube, or a Vox Mini 3 which…"

"Or go on eBay (other s/h gear sites are available) and check out used MicroCubes. I…"

"And as a qualified boatwright friend of mine advised, if you keep using templates an…"

"Well JL, the short answer is "my local hardware store". They do all-metric too, but…"

"I google "fret interval calculator", and the top result (for me) is the StewMac site…"

"Hi Shaun- I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say you're from RoI. If so, try searc…"

"Thanks Taff- I've just revisited my original question, which ran "Any reason why...?…"

"Which kinda informed my 'parallel instead of perpendicular' idea in the first place.…"

"A fair point Taff. I almost invariably go for the neck position (3/4 scale length),…"

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