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"Uh yeah, sites funked up good for me. Maybe try some other time." Mark Bliss replied Aug 13, 2021 to VIDEO: What's the Deal With Speal: The Brutal Baritone Cigar Box Guitar!	3	Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Something odd going on with the site.... Put a Gittybomb on it and go nutz! There…" Mark Bliss replied Aug 13, 2021 to VIDEO: What's the Deal With Speal: The Brutal Baritone Cigar Box Guitar!	3	Aug 13, 2021 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Well thought out, and I like it alot. Zero fret I assume too. Other than perhaps a…" Mark Bliss replied Jun 8, 2019 to Headless three string building and playing. What I learned.	15	Jun 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"Distance from post to nut can complicate the issue of getting a proper break over th…" Mark Bliss replied Jun 8, 2019 to Laying out tuning machines on headstock?	5	Jul 6, 2019 Reply by Tim Hooper
"Very nicely executed Bruce! I've brainstormed and designed for a headless, but was n…" Mark Bliss replied Jun 8, 2019 to Headless three string building and playing. What I learned.	15	Jun 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"See also Abby the Spoon Lady. Pretty awesome stuff! Abby As a kid i related spoons p…" Mark Bliss replied Apr 27, 2019 to VIDEO: Artis The Spoonman - The legendary busker behind the Soundgarden song	2	Apr 27, 2019 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Awesome and creative contemporary design! I especially like the well thought out hi…" Mark Bliss replied Mar 30, 2019 to The "Anti-Body Guitar" by David Hopkins	10	Mar 31, 2019 Reply by Ducati Scotty
"Fantastic as ever Jerome! Well constructed production, and importantly- the fun you…" Mark Bliss replied Mar 9, 2019 to Jerome Graille's Bluesy Cover of AC/DC's "Hard as a Rock" on Cigar Box Guitar	4	Mar 9, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Whoa, give that dude a distortion pedal, a delay pedal, and a looper pedal and cut h…" Mark Bliss replied Jul 3, 2018 to How to Build a Nail Violin	7	Jul 3, 2018 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Pretty spiffy! There's some great simple but functional solutions there. Good think…" Mark Bliss replied Mar 20, 2018 to DIY Tennis Racket Guitar	8	Mar 23, 2018 Reply by MadGomer

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Mark Bliss's Discussions (823)

"Uh yeah, sites funked up good for me. Maybe try some other time."

"Something odd going on with the site.... Put a Gittybomb on it and go nutz! There…"

"Well thought out, and I like it alot. Zero fret I assume too. Other than perhaps a…"

"Distance from post to nut can complicate the issue of getting a proper break over th…"

"Very nicely executed Bruce! I've brainstormed and designed for a headless, but was n…"

"See also Abby the Spoon Lady. Pretty awesome stuff! Abby As a kid i related spoons p…"

"Awesome and creative contemporary design! I especially like the well thought out hi…"

"Fantastic as ever Jerome! Well constructed production, and importantly- the fun you…"

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