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"Uncle John will chime in soon, he has built some? I myself have only built one, I ba…" BrianQ. replied Dec 12, 2022 to Need Help on building a Hubcap Guitar	24	May 7, 2023 Reply by BrianQ.
"Keep it together T " BrianQ. replied Dec 12, 2022 to Need Help on building a Hubcap Guitar	24	May 7, 2023 Reply by BrianQ.
"Hey T, here’s a video of a hubcap build, there’s actually a few videos of diy hubcap…" BrianQ. replied Dec 11, 2022 to Need Help on building a Hubcap Guitar	24	May 7, 2023 Reply by BrianQ.
"Those chord shapes & can be used for any 1-5-8 tuning, gitty did some charts bac…" BrianQ. replied Dec 8, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Actually it’s 1-5-8 because the high string is an octave higher, but CGC is still a…" BrianQ. replied Dec 6, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Cardboard or wood? Google’s your best bet?" BrianQ. replied Dec 6, 2022 to Boxes no stamps	5	Dec 6, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Also, search “how to remove labels” here & you’ll probably find some info, it’s…" BrianQ. replied Dec 5, 2022 to Boxes no stamps	5	Dec 6, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"There is no such thing, it’s been a regulation since before we were all born? The al…" BrianQ. replied Dec 5, 2022 to Boxes no stamps	5	Dec 6, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"People add a truss rod in a cbg for the sake of keeping the neck from bowing too muc…" BrianQ. replied Nov 28, 2022 to Truss rod?	7	Nov 30, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Hard to have a pickup that doesn’t touch the soundboard. I don’t think a pickup take…" BrianQ. replied Nov 28, 2022 to Pickup type and placement	5	Dec 8, 2022 Reply by Timothy Hunter

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BrianQ.'s Discussions (1,489)

"Uncle John will chime in soon, he has built some? I myself have only built one, I ba…"

"Keep it together T "

"Hey T, here’s a video of a hubcap build, there’s actually a few videos of diy hubcap…"

"Those chord shapes & can be used for any 1-5-8 tuning, gitty did some charts bac…"

"Actually it’s 1-5-8 because the high string is an octave higher, but CGC is still a…"

"Cardboard or wood? Google’s your best bet?"

"Also, search “how to remove labels” here & you’ll probably find some info, it’s…"

"There is no such thing, it’s been a regulation since before we were all born? The al…"

"People add a truss rod in a cbg for the sake of keeping the neck from bowing too muc…"

"Hard to have a pickup that doesn’t touch the soundboard. I don’t think a pickup take…"

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