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"Haha! Kind of the opposite of the old Mafia gun-in-a-violin-case huh? You can prob…" BenBob replied Jun 11, 2012 to Transporting Cigar Box Guitars	5	Jun 11, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"I've used my plastic rifle case." BenBob replied Jun 10, 2012 to Transporting Cigar Box Guitars	5	Jun 11, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Sik, regarding your first question, tuning a 4-string diatonic (with a 6.5 fret) to…" BenBob replied Jun 8, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Sounds fun!" BenBob replied Jun 7, 2012 to CBG~~~Childrens Album?	9	Jun 7, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"If you have or want to buy the fretwire and tools to fret the neck, and have the tim…" BenBob replied Jun 1, 2012 to Question from the ULTRA Beginner.	10	Jun 1, 2012 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"Thanks for your humble opinions there, kid. I tried to share my thoughts respectfull…" BenBob replied May 31, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"I see, "Devil Tuning" was something else. I mean the 513 triad for 3-string, but wit…" BenBob replied May 29, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Keni have you tried your "devil tuning" as a re-entrant? It would be exactly like st…" BenBob replied May 29, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Sorry to hear about Greg Ham. I definitely remember Men at Work they were great. Thi…" BenBob replied May 28, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Yeah man that's how the game's played, good luck with your business deals, hope you…" BenBob replied May 27, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob

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BenBob's Discussions (178)

"Haha! Kind of the opposite of the old Mafia gun-in-a-violin-case huh? You can prob…"

"I've used my plastic rifle case."

"Sik, regarding your first question, tuning a 4-string diatonic (with a 6.5 fret) to…"

"Sounds fun!"

"If you have or want to buy the fretwire and tools to fret the neck, and have the tim…"

"Thanks for your humble opinions there, kid. I tried to share my thoughts respectfull…"

"I see, "Devil Tuning" was something else. I mean the 513 triad for 3-string, but wit…"

"Keni have you tried your "devil tuning" as a re-entrant? It would be exactly like st…"

"Sorry to hear about Greg Ham. I definitely remember Men at Work they were great. Thi…"

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