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"I put piezo pickup in most of mine, and they sound pretty good with it. But I find m…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Oct 3, 2012 to Acoustic Sound	7	Oct 3, 2012 Reply by Cigar Box Gus
"Wire 2 in parallel, then embed them in the bridge above the lid and outside the box.…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Oct 2, 2012 to Kill the feedback	7	Oct 4, 2012 Reply by Flatfish
"First pic, all of them will work if the lids are not too thick, I think the Fuente b…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Oct 2, 2012 to Any real nice ones in this mess'o boxes?	7	Oct 6, 2012 Reply by Maddog
"I did a flamed top by flaming the wood, with a torch. It came out good I think. Stai…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Aug 2, 2012 to How to add Sunburst Look?	6	Aug 3, 2012 Reply by wormil
"Tung Oil is available in many mix's. The real thing is a slow process as you stated…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Aug 2, 2012 to Neck and fingerboard finishes	37	Nov 28, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I did this with 2 macanudo box's. Stacked them to make a nice 3" deep box. I cut ope…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Aug 2, 2012 to making a paper box bigger	8	Aug 2, 2012 Reply by lal germain
"Sorry, I thought you meant Tennesse USA. No Gitty does not have a store, yet but jus…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jul 24, 2012 to Piezos	16	Jul 25, 2012 Reply by Tim van Dijk
"I don't think the nut or bridge is too high, I'm sure the neck and box must be too l…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jul 24, 2012 to too high?	7	Jul 24, 2012 Reply by judd67
"CB Gitty sell them very cheaply, and they are good quality. You just have to wait fo…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jul 21, 2012 to Piezos	16	Jul 25, 2012 Reply by Tim van Dijk
"Neat Epi, good buy. You could always take off 2 or 3 strings and practice for your n…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jul 21, 2012 to Taking a break for awhile	8	Sep 10, 2012 Reply by Tom

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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's Discussions (1,015)

"I put piezo pickup in most of mine, and they sound pretty good with it. But I find m…"

"Wire 2 in parallel, then embed them in the bridge above the lid and outside the box.…"

"First pic, all of them will work if the lids are not too thick, I think the Fuente b…"

"I did a flamed top by flaming the wood, with a torch. It came out good I think. Stai…"

"Tung Oil is available in many mix's. The real thing is a slow process as you stated…"

"I did this with 2 macanudo box's. Stacked them to make a nice 3" deep box. I cut ope…"

"Sorry, I thought you meant Tennesse USA. No Gitty does not have a store, yet but jus…"

"I don't think the nut or bridge is too high, I'm sure the neck and box must be too l…"

"CB Gitty sell them very cheaply, and they are good quality. You just have to wait fo…"

"Neat Epi, good buy. You could always take off 2 or 3 strings and practice for your n…"

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