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"Hey Bill, Sorry for calling you Michael. I was looking at Michael Gajeski's reply a…" Mike Bingham replied Jan 19, 2011 to lap steel scale length	22	Jan 21, 2011 Reply by bill walsh
"Hey Michael, I built a lap steel with a 25-1/2" scale and was really pleased with it…" Mike Bingham replied Jan 19, 2011 to lap steel scale length	22	Jan 21, 2011 Reply by bill walsh
"Yep. I had some good calluses built up until I had hand surgery in November. The c…" Mike Bingham replied Jan 6, 2011 to i got blisters on my fingers !	12	May 17, 2014 Reply by Luc Schwarz
"I got a Boss CS-3 compressor. Got it dialed in and it sure sweetens up certain song…" Mike Bingham replied Dec 29, 2010 to What did Santa bring yah	28	Jan 5, 2011 Reply by bemuzic
"I did that once and fixed it by putting a drop of super glue in the slot and sprinkl…" Mike Bingham replied Dec 24, 2010 to Cut the nut too deep	15	Dec 29, 2010 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"You could make it a four stringer and see how you like it. You can always drop a st…" Mike Bingham replied Dec 17, 2010 to 3 or 4- this is the question!	14	Jan 3, 2011 Reply by tal bluver
"Here's a list of open D chords. Maybe it will help you home in on what you need. I…" Mike Bingham replied Dec 15, 2010 to Tabs for Melissa in Open D	1	Dec 15, 2010 Reply by Mike Bingham
"Hey Paul, See if this works: http://thebudrows.bandcamp.com/ See Ya!" Mike Bingham replied Dec 15, 2010 to music	1	Dec 15, 2010 Reply by Mike Bingham
"Yep! Been there and done that! That's a nice build in progress," Mike Bingham replied Nov 30, 2010 to I'm havin' so much fun with the first one I built, I decided to build another !!!	6	Dec 29, 2010 Reply by Andrew Carrell
"Building cigar box guitars is very addicting. I'm working on the seventh build since…" Mike Bingham replied Oct 21, 2010 to Book in the Works: "The Art of the Cigar Box Guitar"--Help me write my book.	30	Aug 20, 2012 Reply by chris koh

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Mike Bingham's Discussions (76)

"Hey Bill, Sorry for calling you Michael. I was looking at Michael Gajeski's reply a…"

"Hey Michael, I built a lap steel with a 25-1/2" scale and was really pleased with it…"

"Yep. I had some good calluses built up until I had hand surgery in November. The c…"

"I got a Boss CS-3 compressor. Got it dialed in and it sure sweetens up certain song…"

"I did that once and fixed it by putting a drop of super glue in the slot and sprinkl…"

"You could make it a four stringer and see how you like it. You can always drop a st…"

"Here's a list of open D chords. Maybe it will help you home in on what you need. I…"

"Hey Paul, See if this works: http://thebudrows.bandcamp.com/ See Ya!"

"Yep! Been there and done that! That's a nice build in progress,"

"Building cigar box guitars is very addicting. I'm working on the seventh build since…"

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