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"I have bought the six pole version from C. B. Gitty. Worked fine. Not the world's be…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Feb 21, 2014 to Pickup Question	11	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Hobo 63
"I live in west central Illinois. The 'big' city around here is 20,000 people. Nobody…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Feb 19, 2014 to New boxes, what would you suggest??	15	Mar 25, 2014 Reply by Ivan Petrov
"I've made nice looking gits with boxes smaller than these, and they sell. You can go…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Feb 18, 2014 to New boxes, what would you suggest??	15	Mar 25, 2014 Reply by Ivan Petrov
"I get this all the time. When you play with a slide, you divide the string into two…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Feb 10, 2014 to This is strange	15	Feb 10, 2014 Reply by Muddy Creek Guitars
"Looks awesome! The snake looks like the "Don't tread on me snake" that was popular i…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 19, 2014 to Early 1900's antique Cigar Box Appalachian violin	6	Jan 19, 2014 Reply by Clock The Wolf
"I had a blast building for this challenge! I knew I wouldn't win, but I wanted to co…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 14, 2014 to UPDATED: 2013 Cigar Box Nation Builder's Contest Results	70	Jan 18, 2014 Reply by RTZGUITARS
"eBay! Got mine new with shipping for $65! You'll pay a lot more at a music shop. I u…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 9, 2014 to Roland Micro Cube ?	55	Jan 10, 2014 Reply by Ice Bob
"There are books written about the physics of a vibrating length of string. If you ha…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 9, 2014 to Scale of guitar vs. sound	8	Jan 10, 2014 Reply by Wichita Sam
"First of all, welcome to the nation! When I started building, I would measure and th…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 7, 2014 to what's your method of thinning the headstock?	25	Feb 2, 2014 Reply by Manny Lopez
"I use a piezo disk and I attach to the under side of the lid near the bridge on the…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Jan 4, 2014 to Placement of piezo pick up	3	Jan 4, 2014 Reply by Muddy Creek Guitars

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Muddy Creek Guitars's Discussions (122)

"I have bought the six pole version from C. B. Gitty. Worked fine. Not the world's be…"

"I live in west central Illinois. The 'big' city around here is 20,000 people. Nobody…"

"I've made nice looking gits with boxes smaller than these, and they sell. You can go…"

"I get this all the time. When you play with a slide, you divide the string into two…"

"Looks awesome! The snake looks like the "Don't tread on me snake" that was popular i…"

"I had a blast building for this challenge! I knew I wouldn't win, but I wanted to co…"

"eBay! Got mine new with shipping for $65! You'll pay a lot more at a music shop. I u…"

"There are books written about the physics of a vibrating length of string. If you ha…"

"First of all, welcome to the nation! When I started building, I would measure and th…"

"I use a piezo disk and I attach to the under side of the lid near the bridge on the…"

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