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"" King Rubbish replied Apr 16, 2016 to Tabs "time is on my side" by the Rolling stones	6	Apr 16, 2016 Reply by King Rubbish
"" King Rubbish replied Apr 16, 2016 to Tabs "time is on my side" by the Rolling stones	6	Apr 16, 2016 Reply by King Rubbish
"Okay, so I found a 6 string tab book with the song and have arranged it for 3 string…" King Rubbish replied Apr 16, 2016 to Tabs "time is on my side" by the Rolling stones	6	Apr 16, 2016 Reply by King Rubbish
"You need to wrap the string around the eye bolt so that it will tighten into the win…" King Rubbish replied Mar 14, 2016 to Almost Newbie - Eye Bolt Tuning Pegs	6	Mar 19, 2016 Reply by Mike
"" King Rubbish replied Feb 9, 2016 to Tunings	13	Feb 28, 2016 Reply by Del Puckett
"Wow, that is a really helpful diagram from Turtlehead - it will save me a lot of hea…" King Rubbish replied Feb 9, 2016 to Tunings	13	Feb 28, 2016 Reply by Del Puckett
"The numbers are referring to the notes of the scale your guitar is tuned to. For exa…" King Rubbish replied Feb 8, 2016 to Tunings	13	Feb 28, 2016 Reply by Del Puckett
"As Peter says, there's really no set rules so try them in different orders to see wh…" King Rubbish replied Jan 24, 2016 to Pedal Order	7	Feb 5, 2016 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Mounting a pickup closer to the bridge will give more treble/twang and closer to the…" King Rubbish replied Jan 22, 2016 to Mounting a magnetic pickup at an angle	4	Jan 25, 2016 Reply by Mr. Triked
"I fixed up an old ukulele with wooden pegs last year - just bought some violin pegs,…" King Rubbish replied Jan 22, 2016 to Another question Please!	10	Jan 23, 2016 Reply by Jim Morris

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King Rubbish's Discussions (26)

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"Okay, so I found a 6 string tab book with the song and have arranged it for 3 string…"

"You need to wrap the string around the eye bolt so that it will tighten into the win…"

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"Wow, that is a really helpful diagram from Turtlehead - it will save me a lot of hea…"

"The numbers are referring to the notes of the scale your guitar is tuned to. For exa…"

"As Peter says, there's really no set rules so try them in different orders to see wh…"

"Mounting a pickup closer to the bridge will give more treble/twang and closer to the…"

"I fixed up an old ukulele with wooden pegs last year - just bought some violin pegs,…"

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