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" Someone called me a 'Rustic Luthier' when I told them about my CBG's." ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Jun 14, 2015 to Can we call ourselves luthiers?	119	Jul 27, 2015 Reply by Goldsmithexile
"John,here is Smojo's address,http://smojo-cigar-box-guitars.blogspot.com.au/ also,Ke…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Mar 2, 2012 to Lost Newbie	18	Mar 4, 2012 Reply by jeff maurer
" I found Smojo's blog to be very helpful for me,as a total beginner builder and pla…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Mar 1, 2012 to Lost Newbie	18	Mar 4, 2012 Reply by jeff maurer
"Hal,thanks for finding this site and putting it on the Nation!I'm gonna lose heaps o…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Nov 2, 2011 to ATLAS of Plucked Instruments	7	Nov 10, 2011 Reply by Habanera Hal
" 'The Merkins" were a great hard rock band from wollongong (Australia) back in the…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Sep 9, 2011 to Hugh Laurie on the Today Show	29	Sep 11, 2011 Reply by Nathan King
"I like "Ëggs And Sausage" and "Ballad of Big Joe and Phantom 309", from Nighthawks a…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Jun 22, 2011 to What's Your Favorite Tom Waits song	23	Jun 22, 2011 Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery)
"I made a diddley bow with one of those "Wonderful Copenhagen" shortbread biscuit tin…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Apr 19, 2011 to Two Words. Diddley Bow.	8	Apr 20, 2011 Reply by David English
"The first stringed thing I made was a "banjo".I used a clear plastic sheet from a pr…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Apr 19, 2011 to What makes a banjo a banjo?	18	Apr 20, 2011 Reply by Rand Moore
" thanks john,that was exactly the one i want!dad tried to find it,but his skills…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Apr 15, 2011 to tool porn	2	Apr 15, 2011 Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery)
" Don,AFKM,Hermit and Ben, thanks for the ideas,I might just hang it up with a sig…" ross harper (rustic luthiery) replied Jan 20, 2011 to Removing PVA glue	5	Jan 20, 2011 Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery)

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ross harper (rustic luthiery)'s Discussions (20)

" Someone called me a 'Rustic Luthier' when I told them about my CBG's."

"John,here is Smojo's address,http://smojo-cigar-box-guitars.blogspot.com.au/ also,Ke…"

" I found Smojo's blog to be very helpful for me,as a total beginner builder and pla…"

"Hal,thanks for finding this site and putting it on the Nation!I'm gonna lose heaps o…"

" 'The Merkins" were a great hard rock band from wollongong (Australia) back in the…"

"I like "Ëggs And Sausage" and "Ballad of Big Joe and Phantom 309", from Nighthawks a…"

"I made a diddley bow with one of those "Wonderful Copenhagen" shortbread biscuit tin…"

"The first stringed thing I made was a "banjo".I used a clear plastic sheet from a pr…"

" thanks john,that was exactly the one i want!dad tried to find it,but his skills…"

" Don,AFKM,Hermit and Ben, thanks for the ideas,I might just hang it up with a sig…"

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