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"Me and Kimmer are packiing up the van for the drive up to Rockford. It is cool and…" Diane in Chicago replied Sep 22, 2012 to Handmade Music Exhibit in Rockford, IL	2	Mar 22, 2013 Reply by Jason Smith
"and me, too. I believe I always used complete sentences!" Diane in Chicago replied Sep 17, 2012 to WTTW report on David Sutton's CBG book!	2	Sep 18, 2012 Reply by Huntz Meyer
"I too have been eying a cello/bass build for a while. My feeling is that regular gui…" Diane in Chicago replied Aug 29, 2012 to Cello tuners - its crazy time again!	8	Sep 3, 2012 Reply by Order99
"Yup, I've got that box, too. And it sits on the shelf. I'm leaning towards a mandol…" Diane in Chicago replied Aug 25, 2012 to I am open to suggestions on what to do with this box.	21	Sep 5, 2012 Reply by rusty case
"That is really great to hear! Maybe you can make her some vids of you playing and sh…" Diane in Chicago replied Jun 23, 2012 to CBG for my daughter, help needed for the musically ignorant	16	Jun 23, 2012 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"Yes, but lookee all those split frets. That's where the magic happens. " Diane in Chicago replied May 27, 2012 to Diatonic 4 String??	42	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by BenBob
"That is really sweet - especially the heart. My only suggestion is put a marker at…" Diane in Chicago replied May 12, 2012 to CBG for my daughter, help needed for the musically ignorant	16	Jun 23, 2012 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"I'd go even shorter, 15". Be extra, extra sure your fret measurements are as exact…" Diane in Chicago replied Apr 27, 2012 to CBG for my daughter, help needed for the musically ignorant	16	Jun 23, 2012 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"Well, hell! Glad to see it is still around. I had moved for a while to the cigarb…" Diane in Chicago replied Apr 13, 2012 to Fret Calculations with print out template	23	Jun 1, 2018 Reply by Richard Dean
"Uh oh. I just looked for FretFind 2D, and it is no longer there. Anyone know where…" Diane in Chicago replied Apr 13, 2012 to Fret Calculations with print out template	23	Jun 1, 2018 Reply by Richard Dean

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Diane in Chicago's Discussions (897)

"Me and Kimmer are packiing up the van for the drive up to Rockford. It is cool and…"

"and me, too. I believe I always used complete sentences!"

"I too have been eying a cello/bass build for a while. My feeling is that regular gui…"

"Yup, I've got that box, too. And it sits on the shelf. I'm leaning towards a mandol…"

"That is really great to hear! Maybe you can make her some vids of you playing and sh…"

"Yes, but lookee all those split frets. That's where the magic happens. "

"That is really sweet - especially the heart. My only suggestion is put a marker at…"

"I'd go even shorter, 15". Be extra, extra sure your fret measurements are as exact…"

"Well, hell! Glad to see it is still around. I had moved for a while to the cigarb…"

"Uh oh. I just looked for FretFind 2D, and it is no longer there. Anyone know where…"

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