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"https://www.facebook.com/Taffy-Evans-Stringed-Instruments-handmade-guitars-Repairs-2…" Carl Floyd replied Sep 12, 2022 to Adding springs again on the electric cbg, around the “cat” bowl and howled out spacer glued to the bottom	10	Oct 26, 2022 Reply by Howard Craypool
"Thanks, Taff! I can apply a couple of those techniques. " Carl Floyd replied Sep 9, 2022 to Thinning headstocks	11	Sep 18, 2022 Reply by David Bowes
"Enough to make a grown man cry." Carl Floyd replied Sep 2, 2022 to It Happened at breakneck speed....	4	Sep 21, 2022 Reply by Paul Craig
"So, you are suggesting that Del's piezo sound would not be good live & in person?" Carl Floyd replied Aug 28, 2022 to Looking for advice on pickup type and placement	6	Aug 29, 2022 Reply by Sean Jay
"Del Puckett sure seems to get a good sound from a piezo straight into his amp." Carl Floyd replied Aug 26, 2022 to Looking for advice on pickup type and placement	6	Aug 29, 2022 Reply by Sean Jay
""the tradition of building Cigar Box Guitars is far less rigid and that’s why we enj…" Carl Floyd replied Aug 15, 2022 to The entirely hypothetical encylopedic CGB design and construction book - a long post	7	Mar 20, 2023 Reply by Doug Thorsvik
"I noticed that years ago on mine LP case, Taff. I folded a piece of cloth in the a…" Carl Floyd replied Aug 9, 2022 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
""$12usd per foot" for Poplar?! Where do you live?" Carl Floyd replied Aug 8, 2022 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"In the case is the safest place. It has been my experience that is where they stay…" Carl Floyd replied Aug 7, 2022 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"If I were to use a ghost pickup under an MDF top, I would thin the back side of the…" Carl Floyd replied Jul 28, 2022 to Ghost pickup	5	Jul 28, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans

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Carl Floyd's Discussions (136)

"https://www.facebook.com/Taffy-Evans-Stringed-Instruments-handmade-guitars-Repairs-2…"

"Thanks, Taff! I can apply a couple of those techniques. "

"Enough to make a grown man cry."

"So, you are suggesting that Del's piezo sound would not be good live & in person?"

"Del Puckett sure seems to get a good sound from a piezo straight into his amp."

""the tradition of building Cigar Box Guitars is far less rigid and that’s why we enj…"

"I noticed that years ago on mine LP case, Taff. I folded a piece of cloth in the a…"

""$12usd per foot" for Poplar?! Where do you live?"

"In the case is the safest place. It has been my experience that is where they stay…"

"If I were to use a ghost pickup under an MDF top, I would thin the back side of the…"

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