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"I'd advise against it if you're planning on just selling cigar box guitars. Low prof…" Blind Doughboy replied Aug 12, 2019 to Store Front	13	Aug 15, 2019 Reply by Casey Smelser
"Everyone realizes that this thread is more than five years old . . . right? " Blind Doughboy replied Jul 29, 2019 to Garage Sale Silvertone, Amp-in-case...lucky me.	31	Feb 24, 2022 Reply by Derek Rose
"Great work! Oak is highly underrated as a tone wood, as are ash and birch. I sometim…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 30, 2019 to We build guitars	52	Jul 2, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Agree 100% There is a lot of hype that comes from guitar companies . . . just like t…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 27, 2019 to We build guitars	52	Jul 2, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I personally wouldn't use the type of cone that screws to the top. The whole point o…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 6, 2019 to Mounting resonator cones	2	Jun 6, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"yeah . . . I've seen quite a few of them over the years (have built several . . . bo…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 5, 2019 to Three-string guitar with six strings?	5	Jun 5, 2019 Reply by the anonymous pick
"No . . . it's a very good idea. It reminds me of a jig that I've seen used to corre…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 5, 2019 to 10 minute spokeshape sharper jig	3	Jun 5, 2019 Reply by Blind Doughboy
"You're much more artistic than me; I just hold blades against grinder with a couple…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 4, 2019 to 10 minute spokeshape sharper jig	3	Jun 5, 2019 Reply by Blind Doughboy
"I'd venture a guess that most CBGs are tuned to some sort of open tuning. There are…" Blind Doughboy replied Jun 2, 2019 to Why Not A Major Triad?	15	Jun 18, 2019 Reply by Bill
"Yup . . . that almost always works. No need to reinvent the wheel on this. I general…" Blind Doughboy replied May 22, 2019 to Ideas for supporting nuts	15	Jun 17, 2019 Reply by JL

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Blind Doughboy's Discussions (20)

"I'd advise against it if you're planning on just selling cigar box guitars. Low prof…"

"Everyone realizes that this thread is more than five years old . . . right? "

"Great work! Oak is highly underrated as a tone wood, as are ash and birch. I sometim…"

"Agree 100% There is a lot of hype that comes from guitar companies . . . just like t…"

"I personally wouldn't use the type of cone that screws to the top. The whole point o…"

"yeah . . . I've seen quite a few of them over the years (have built several . . . bo…"

"No . . . it's a very good idea. It reminds me of a jig that I've seen used to corre…"

"You're much more artistic than me; I just hold blades against grinder with a couple…"

"I'd venture a guess that most CBGs are tuned to some sort of open tuning. There are…"

"Yup . . . that almost always works. No need to reinvent the wheel on this. I general…"

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