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"Band name: List Of Moment Inertia Tensors Album:....or twice a week. lol Matt" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 27, 2009 to Band Name Game	20	Nov 30, 2009 Reply by Mortimer Snerd
"Mojo ... works for most musical instruments. Mojo ... You know it when you see it. M…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 26, 2009 to Mojo	32	Nov 27, 2009 Reply by Paul H (PRH)
"Before you strip them out of the guitar .... plug in and tap on them with something…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 18, 2009 to Testing used pickups	2	Nov 18, 2009 Reply by Jerryrig240
"Bandsaw here. I even made a "scarf sled". A jig that fits the slide channel in the s…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 18, 2009 to Cuting out head stocks	70	Mar 23, 2010 Reply by Grizz
"Well, after reading your replies, I got off my lazy kiester and went wandering aroun…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 17, 2009 to Trim rings for bigger sound holes.	13	Mar 19, 2011 Reply by Rand Moore
"One of my other "hobbies" is off-roading my Suzuki Samurai. On one of my off-road fo…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 8, 2009 to Harbor Freight Tools	24	Apr 18, 2010 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"What he said. Part of the sound problem ... if there is one .. is gluing to the lid.…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 1, 2009 to Best Boxes For Great Sound	41	Jun 16, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"I first started making bridges and nuts out of red oak. They sounded fine. The guy a…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 1, 2009 to Bridge material	23	Oct 25, 2010 Reply by Francois
"I agree with Shane. Last week I ran across the holy grail of CBG. A Macanudo box. I…" Outhouse Instruments replied Nov 1, 2009 to Best Boxes For Great Sound	41	Jun 16, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"I like the light gauge electric strings from Wal-Mart. I string 2 CBG's from this. T…" Outhouse Instruments replied Oct 31, 2009 to What strings to use	9	Oct 31, 2009 Reply by Outhouse Instruments

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Outhouse Instruments's Discussions (497)

"Band name: List Of Moment Inertia Tensors Album:....or twice a week. lol Matt"

"Mojo ... works for most musical instruments. Mojo ... You know it when you see it. M…"

"Before you strip them out of the guitar .... plug in and tap on them with something…"

"Bandsaw here. I even made a "scarf sled". A jig that fits the slide channel in the s…"

"Well, after reading your replies, I got off my lazy kiester and went wandering aroun…"

"One of my other "hobbies" is off-roading my Suzuki Samurai. On one of my off-road fo…"

"What he said. Part of the sound problem ... if there is one .. is gluing to the lid.…"

"I first started making bridges and nuts out of red oak. They sounded fine. The guy a…"

"I agree with Shane. Last week I ran across the holy grail of CBG. A Macanudo box. I…"

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