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"We lost a good man. Dave was more than an artist and musician. He was that rarest of…" robert jones replied Sep 18, 2021 to Dave passed away on Friday AM, 9/17/21. Thanks for all the well-wishers before and after his passing.	64	Dec 9, 2021 Reply by Paul Craig
"I use the battery pack from an RC car to power mine. Rechargeable, 9.6v, molex conne…" robert jones replied Feb 17, 2020 to CB gitty 2.5w amp distortion	12	Feb 22, 2020 Reply by Paul Craig
"Southpaw, there are lots of scary carving wheel options for angle grinders available…" robert jones replied Jan 25, 2020 to Necks	16	Jan 25, 2020 Reply by Southpaw
"Visual aide to go with explanation." robert jones replied Jan 11, 2020 to fretting help please?	3	Jan 12, 2020 Reply by James Pobog
"Look up an image for the G pentatonic scale, it will show the blue note ( C# ) locat…" robert jones replied Jan 11, 2020 to fretting help please?	3	Jan 12, 2020 Reply by James Pobog
"While you're at it pick up some of the Corian samples for nuts. Smells a lot less re…" robert jones replied Oct 13, 2019 to Pick guard/cavity cover material	27	Oct 21, 2019 Reply by James Pobog
"Pickups are usually wound with 40 or 42 gauge enamel coated wire. 30 gauge being lar…" robert jones replied Oct 13, 2019 to Wiring question	21	Oct 25, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Plywood tops can splinter too so the methods described by others are a good habit to…" robert jones replied Sep 7, 2019 to Cutting sound holes in pressboard	18	Oct 10, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Google "capacitor code chart" and use whichever suits the type of capacitors that ar…" robert jones replied Sep 7, 2019 to Capacitor identification	2	Sep 7, 2019 Reply by robert jones
"Rawhide works well too. Gives a sound in-between finger picking and flat picking. Pl…" robert jones replied May 31, 2019 to Anyone make their own picks?	33	May 31, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young

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robert jones's Discussions (426)

"We lost a good man. Dave was more than an artist and musician. He was that rarest of…"

"I use the battery pack from an RC car to power mine. Rechargeable, 9.6v, molex conne…"

"Southpaw, there are lots of scary carving wheel options for angle grinders available…"

"Visual aide to go with explanation."

"Look up an image for the G pentatonic scale, it will show the blue note ( C# ) locat…"

"While you're at it pick up some of the Corian samples for nuts. Smells a lot less re…"

"Pickups are usually wound with 40 or 42 gauge enamel coated wire. 30 gauge being lar…"

"Plywood tops can splinter too so the methods described by others are a good habit to…"

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