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"Man you do nice work and it's very cool that you did it, but patented? Partial, diat…" BenBob replied May 27, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"Hey, you make it down to the other CA wine country and we'll light up some stogies a…" BenBob replied May 20, 2012 to Large cigar boxes ?	26	May 21, 2012 Reply by Randy S. Bretz
"Is it possible to use two volume pots and run them in parallel?" BenBob replied May 20, 2012 to Blending magnetic and piezo pickups	6	Jun 2, 2012 Reply by Rouxdy Blues
"I wouldn't break out a strobe tuner, but I would hope that when I "fret" (with a sli…" BenBob replied May 16, 2012 to action and intonation	29	Aug 16, 2012 Reply by Bobby Zalryte
"Check out http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/ You can put in…" BenBob replied May 14, 2012 to How to tune 4 string CBGs?	41	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Glenn Reither
"I'd like to try a uke tuning converted to 4-string guitar - so DGBE but with an octa…" BenBob replied May 13, 2012 to How to tune 4 string CBGs?	41	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Glenn Reither
"Cute little thing!" BenBob replied May 12, 2012 to CBG for my daughter, help needed for the musically ignorant	16	Jun 23, 2012 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"The local shop has a box of Cohiba Gigante tubed. Man, those are some nice big boxes…" BenBob replied May 10, 2012 to Large cigar boxes ?	26	May 21, 2012 Reply by Randy S. Bretz
"Let us know! I've used wiping varnish "aka 'tung' oil" which worked pretty well, but…" BenBob replied May 6, 2012 to Wipe on poly for fretted neck	3	May 7, 2012 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
""I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to." - Elvis Presley…" BenBob replied May 2, 2012 to Learning	8	May 5, 2012 Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music

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BenBob's Discussions (178)

"Man you do nice work and it's very cool that you did it, but patented? Partial, diat…"

"Hey, you make it down to the other CA wine country and we'll light up some stogies a…"

"Is it possible to use two volume pots and run them in parallel?"

"I wouldn't break out a strobe tuner, but I would hope that when I "fret" (with a sli…"

"Check out http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/ You can put in…"

"I'd like to try a uke tuning converted to 4-string guitar - so DGBE but with an octa…"

"Cute little thing!"

"The local shop has a box of Cohiba Gigante tubed. Man, those are some nice big boxes…"

"Let us know! I've used wiping varnish "aka 'tung' oil" which worked pretty well, but…"

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