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"Hi Taffy, I hung up my pair of Full Bores years ago. Got them after having a competi…" Tom T replied Oct 8, 2021 to My Latest CBG Reso Build	8	Oct 9, 2021 Reply by Tom T
"Super nice design (I like the boots too). Do you have any sound clips yet? Keep us p…" Tom T replied Oct 7, 2021 to My Latest CBG Reso Build	8	Oct 9, 2021 Reply by Tom T
"License plate guitars look really great and allow for a individual look. With a prop…" Tom T replied Sep 30, 2021 to Licence plates	15	Oct 22, 2021 Reply by Carl Floyd
"There seem to be plenty of good suggestions for your team's project. Slightly off ta…" Tom T replied Sep 25, 2021 to Building a Cigar Box guitar with no musical parts	12	Sep 28, 2021 Reply by BrianQ.
"Yea, it's home made. Something I came up with when working with the zero-fret idea.…" Tom T replied Sep 13, 2021 to Fret recommendation plz...	8	Sep 13, 2021 Reply by James Pobog
"Use the HTML Editor tab instead of the Visual Mode tab and your input will be visible" Tom T replied Sep 13, 2021 to Fret recommendation plz...	8	Sep 13, 2021 Reply by James Pobog
"You have a lot of options (and you can always change your mind at any time). If fing…" Tom T replied Sep 13, 2021 to Fret recommendation plz...	8	Sep 13, 2021 Reply by James Pobog
"Hi Taffy, I must admit that I had not considered installing the broken string in the…" Tom T replied Aug 24, 2021 to String breakage...	9	Aug 24, 2021 Reply by Tom T
"Hi Taffy. I'm not sure if I've tried an alternate source for the 0.018. I'll look in…" Tom T replied Aug 22, 2021 to String breakage...	9	Aug 24, 2021 Reply by Tom T
"Excellent suggestions, BrianQ. Unfortunately, I've tried both. I removed the movable…" Tom T replied Aug 22, 2021 to String breakage...	9	Aug 24, 2021 Reply by Tom T

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Tom T's Discussions (984)

"Hi Taffy, I hung up my pair of Full Bores years ago. Got them after having a competi…"

"Super nice design (I like the boots too). Do you have any sound clips yet? Keep us p…"

"License plate guitars look really great and allow for a individual look. With a prop…"

"There seem to be plenty of good suggestions for your team's project. Slightly off ta…"

"Yea, it's home made. Something I came up with when working with the zero-fret idea.…"

"Use the HTML Editor tab instead of the Visual Mode tab and your input will be visible"

"You have a lot of options (and you can always change your mind at any time). If fing…"

"Hi Taffy, I must admit that I had not considered installing the broken string in the…"

"Hi Taffy. I'm not sure if I've tried an alternate source for the 0.018. I'll look in…"

"Excellent suggestions, BrianQ. Unfortunately, I've tried both. I removed the movable…"

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