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"Thats gonna be a sweetheart fella.....very cool." HERMIT replied May 26, 2011 to Pie pan reso with real spring reverberation.	34	Nov 19, 2016 Reply by BrazilianScopel
"I used a wet stone then wet and dry sandpaper in varying grades. its what they use i…" HERMIT replied May 10, 2011 to glass slider finish	5	May 10, 2011 Reply by Turkish
"I use CGARS LTD for my boxes. they are very quick and professional even sending out…" HERMIT replied Apr 21, 2011 to Looking for Help with CB hunting in the UK	30	May 18, 2011 Reply by Roger Davies
"You sir are a gentleman............." HERMIT replied Jan 20, 2011 to A new FREE Book on Cigar Box Guitar making is available in the Free Plans section!!!	21	Mar 9, 2011 Reply by Bluesheart
"Whilst i was cleaning French polish off an old chair with methylated spirits, I foun…" HERMIT replied Jan 19, 2011 to Removing PVA glue	5	Jan 20, 2011 Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery)
"Like the use of the bike chain links!, very cool build." HERMIT replied Nov 24, 2010 to Finally found time to build my first CBG !	22	Nov 28, 2010 Reply by YeahDoIt
"I would like to thank you for the ADF# tuning. its opened new doors for me in playin…" HERMIT replied Nov 17, 2010 to Banjo Chords: A Practical approach to playing CBG	12	Nov 18, 2010 Reply by Keni Lee Burgess
"The burning question i would ask myself is what would happen to the piece if you did…" HERMIT replied Nov 17, 2010 to parts or antiques	7	Nov 17, 2010 Reply by Bluesheart
"I used a length of pine on my first build which didnt work out for me for various re…" HERMIT replied Oct 8, 2010 to pine necks	21	Oct 8, 2010 Reply by Michael R Cossey
"I found that scouring the yellow pages for local merchants and enquired about offcut…" HERMIT replied Jul 7, 2010 to UK Timber sources???	13	Mar 19, 2011 Reply by Stewart Hutton

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HERMIT's Discussions (12)

"Thats gonna be a sweetheart fella.....very cool."

"I used a wet stone then wet and dry sandpaper in varying grades. its what they use i…"

"I use CGARS LTD for my boxes. they are very quick and professional even sending out…"

"You sir are a gentleman............."

"Whilst i was cleaning French polish off an old chair with methylated spirits, I foun…"

"Like the use of the bike chain links!, very cool build."

"I would like to thank you for the ADF# tuning. its opened new doors for me in playin…"

"The burning question i would ask myself is what would happen to the piece if you did…"

"I used a length of pine on my first build which didnt work out for me for various re…"

"I found that scouring the yellow pages for local merchants and enquired about offcut…"

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