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"Fingerboard level with the cross piece, put the bridge on top of the bottom cross pi…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 13, 2015 to thought everyone?	5	May 13, 2015 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"Don't know Mr Pick, sometimes I think pretty old." Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 13, 2015 to Kabosy	16	May 23, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I believe that The Phrygian Kid has done work with some necks with similar fretting.…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 12, 2015 to Kabosy	16	May 23, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I can visualize a great build out of that box. Then again, I visualize whirled peas.…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 12, 2015 to thought everyone?	5	May 13, 2015 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"Duck tape." Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 9, 2015 to CBG wall hanger	12	May 9, 2015 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"They're cheap too. Saves money for more CBG parts. :)>" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 9, 2015 to CBG wall hanger	12	May 9, 2015 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"Along those lines. I use simple picture hanger hooks and a key chain looped around a…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 8, 2015 to CBG wall hanger	12	May 9, 2015 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"No way Jose." Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 5, 2015 to SO... A DUCK WALKS INTO A HARDWARE STORE .....	370	Jan 27, 2016 Reply by Rooster
"It all came together because I have a friend with a Dobro and I told him they were m…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied May 1, 2015 to HUBCAP guitars 3 string etc. So few	38	May 1, 2015 Reply by Wayfinder
"Salvaged my first piezo from a dead microwave oven. Works good and half the fun is w…" Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Apr 25, 2015 to My first ten years in the CBG world	90	Apr 28, 2015 Reply by Uncle John

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Thomas "Duck" Petry's Discussions (545)

"Fingerboard level with the cross piece, put the bridge on top of the bottom cross pi…"

"Don't know Mr Pick, sometimes I think pretty old."

"I believe that The Phrygian Kid has done work with some necks with similar fretting.…"

"I can visualize a great build out of that box. Then again, I visualize whirled peas.…"

"Duck tape."

"They're cheap too. Saves money for more CBG parts. :)>"

"Along those lines. I use simple picture hanger hooks and a key chain looped around a…"

"No way Jose."

"It all came together because I have a friend with a Dobro and I told him they were m…"

"Salvaged my first piezo from a dead microwave oven. Works good and half the fun is w…"

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