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"Thanks Scott, Yeah, I thought this through a little more and ordered some rods. No n…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied Jun 19, 2013 to Basses and truss rods.	2	Jun 19, 2013 Reply by Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting
"I knock around at some open blues jams from time to time and here's my favorite part…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied Jun 11, 2013 to Best Boxes For Great Sound	41	Jun 16, 2013 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"I have to second Jim's opinion here. What your talking about is transferring all the…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied Jun 11, 2013 to Headstock Question	29	Jun 14, 2013 Reply by Shawn Doyle
"Right on ED! It is kind of easy to forget that these things were originally made on…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied Jun 4, 2013 to Best tools for a beginner?	26	Jun 26, 2013 Reply by Mark Lindsay
"Golden hammer? Hey I need one of those! Seriously though. That is a pretty broad que…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied Jun 2, 2013 to Best tools for a beginner?	26	Jun 26, 2013 Reply by Mark Lindsay
"Well actually, that thing is going to slow down your neck building, make your back h…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied May 29, 2013 to New to me tools	9	May 29, 2013 Reply by jawbone
"Hey thanks Dave. Sorry for the delay in responding. You don't have to sell me on pie…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied May 29, 2013 to Mixing Piezos and Mags	7	May 30, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
" gotta cast my vote for the poor little piezo too. They do exactly what we ask them…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied May 19, 2013 to Pups and oil cans	6	May 20, 2013 Reply by Larry McInnes
"Wow, thanks David. The inverted signal, and the signal cancellation I am assuming wo…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied May 19, 2013 to Mixing Piezos and Mags	7	May 30, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"Glad you said that. I built twin 3-strings for my two daughters. They are pretty tin…" Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting replied May 16, 2013 to Building a 3-string for a little person (dwarf)... thoughts?	9	May 26, 2013 Reply by David McQueen

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Kevin (Voodoo Rat) Hoelting's Discussions (32)

"Thanks Scott, Yeah, I thought this through a little more and ordered some rods. No n…"

"I knock around at some open blues jams from time to time and here's my favorite part…"

"I have to second Jim's opinion here. What your talking about is transferring all the…"

"Right on ED! It is kind of easy to forget that these things were originally made on…"

"Golden hammer? Hey I need one of those! Seriously though. That is a pretty broad que…"

"Well actually, that thing is going to slow down your neck building, make your back h…"

"Hey thanks Dave. Sorry for the delay in responding. You don't have to sell me on pie…"

" gotta cast my vote for the poor little piezo too. They do exactly what we ask them…"

"Wow, thanks David. The inverted signal, and the signal cancellation I am assuming wo…"

"Glad you said that. I built twin 3-strings for my two daughters. They are pretty tin…"

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