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"Ok,myths prototype pic did not upload with the initial post for some reason, so here…" Greg Potts replied Dec 31, 2014 to Building my own bass	29	Sep 6, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"A couple things spring to mind... 1. Older plates are made of steel. Newer ones see…" Greg Potts replied May 20, 2014 to [SOLVED] First license plate guitar, sounds horrible. Tips?	72	Jun 1, 2014 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"As long as: A. you never need to take the instrument across an international border…" Greg Potts replied Apr 8, 2014 to Building and Selling	11	Jun 1, 2014 Reply by Slow Slough Guitars
"No-one has asked many questions about your necks... What sort of wood? are they fret…" Greg Potts replied Mar 23, 2014 to Tuner Problems	14	Mar 23, 2014 Reply by Greg Potts
"Go to your local music store and see if you can rent one of these: http://compare.eb…" Greg Potts replied Mar 9, 2014 to How can I RECORD my songs cheaply, simply and with high quality sound?	30	Mar 28, 2014 Reply by Uncle John
"On my builds I have been using a bolt as the bridge. That bolt is drilled and tapped…" Greg Potts replied Feb 18, 2014 to License plate resonator cbg - pickup questions	5	Feb 18, 2014 Reply by jawbone
"Here's the audio: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/slowlanemusic/wordpress/wp-content/uploa…" Greg Potts replied Jan 8, 2014 to Tin Skin CBG Building	12	Jan 11, 2014 Reply by Ivo Garza
"Here are the pics. I will try to get some decent audio from it as well, I am really…" Greg Potts replied Jan 8, 2014 to Tin Skin CBG Building	12	Jan 11, 2014 Reply by Ivo Garza
"Nice writeup. I just finished building a "Christmas Fruitcake Tin" guitar and put th…" Greg Potts replied Jan 7, 2014 to Tin Skin CBG Building	12	Jan 11, 2014 Reply by Ivo Garza
"If you use a saw you're going to have to sand it anyway. I use a belt sander, it's a…" Greg Potts replied Jan 7, 2014 to what's your method of thinning the headstock?	25	Feb 2, 2014 Reply by Manny Lopez

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Greg Potts's Discussions (80)

"Ok,myths prototype pic did not upload with the initial post for some reason, so here…"

"A couple things spring to mind... 1. Older plates are made of steel. Newer ones see…"

"As long as: A. you never need to take the instrument across an international border…"

"No-one has asked many questions about your necks... What sort of wood? are they fret…"

"Go to your local music store and see if you can rent one of these: http://compare.eb…"

"On my builds I have been using a bolt as the bridge. That bolt is drilled and tapped…"

"Here's the audio: http://www.pottsfamily.ca/slowlanemusic/wordpress/wp-content/uploa…"

"Here are the pics. I will try to get some decent audio from it as well, I am really…"

"Nice writeup. I just finished building a "Christmas Fruitcake Tin" guitar and put th…"

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