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"I have done that on a cheapo 6 string guitar I had but I put the pickup in the neck…" John Stevenson replied Jun 6, 2012 to Pickup Question	13	Jan 31, 2014 Reply by the anonymous pick
"I picked up some 13 x 9 x 3 inch oak boxes on ebay. Designcraft Industries was the…" John Stevenson replied Apr 28, 2012 to Large cigar boxes ?	26	May 21, 2012 Reply by Randy S. Bretz
"Two of my favorite cbgs (4 string) have a piezo in the bridge and a mini humbucker i…" John Stevenson replied Apr 13, 2012 to About To Purchase My First CBG! Have a few questions.	44	May 10, 2012 Reply by Urban Bill
"I liked my little pos tablesaw & fence till I read through this thread. Seems to…" John Stevenson replied Mar 27, 2012 to Bandsaw or Table saw??	50	Mar 30, 2012 Reply by bouydog 8-9-8
"I went through the scematics links and some have the capacitor soldered to the middl…" John Stevenson replied Dec 8, 2011 to If you are struggling with wiring your guitar..	21	Dec 12, 2011 Reply by Dart
"Yeah, I am going to try to stick to the hand cuts for now. The actual cuts were lo…" John Stevenson replied Nov 24, 2011 to Another scarf joint question.	11	Nov 24, 2011 Reply by Mungo Park
"Thanks to everyone. Cut the stuff , but could not get a good fit from 2 different w…" John Stevenson replied Nov 23, 2011 to Another scarf joint question.	11	Nov 24, 2011 Reply by Mungo Park
"I like using the + or -- box by the strings to plug in any string tunings you want…" John Stevenson replied Oct 29, 2011 to Blues Scale Diagram for 3 String CBG?	14	Jan 15, 2014 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Keni Lee Burgess referred me to the site linked below and it is cool. Just plug in t…" John Stevenson replied Oct 29, 2011 to Blues Scale Diagram for 3 String CBG?	14	Jan 15, 2014 Reply by Mark Bliss
"You might try patrick carlson at hot spot graphics. He does a bunch of cartoon logo…" John Stevenson replied Sep 24, 2011 to logo design	20	Oct 19, 2011 Reply by Chris Tinker

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John Stevenson's Discussions (34)

"I have done that on a cheapo 6 string guitar I had but I put the pickup in the neck…"

"I picked up some 13 x 9 x 3 inch oak boxes on ebay. Designcraft Industries was the…"

"Two of my favorite cbgs (4 string) have a piezo in the bridge and a mini humbucker i…"

"I liked my little pos tablesaw & fence till I read through this thread. Seems to…"

"I went through the scematics links and some have the capacitor soldered to the middl…"

"Yeah, I am going to try to stick to the hand cuts for now. The actual cuts were lo…"

"Thanks to everyone. Cut the stuff , but could not get a good fit from 2 different w…"

"I like using the + or -- box by the strings to plug in any string tunings you want…"

"Keni Lee Burgess referred me to the site linked below and it is cool. Just plug in t…"

"You might try patrick carlson at hot spot graphics. He does a bunch of cartoon logo…"

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