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"I use the staple method as well... Just make sure that the staple length is along th…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 22, 2016 to Top 10 Cigar Box Guitar Building Hacks	54	Aug 11, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Is it permanent?!?!? )" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 19, 2016 to Top 10 Cigar Box Guitar Building Hacks	54	Aug 11, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"I'd say if you lost them.... you probably didn't need'm anyway... so carry on and…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 19, 2016 to Top 10 Cigar Box Guitar Building Hacks	54	Aug 11, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"With disc piezos I tend to mount mine in silicon forward of the bridge and on the lo…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 19, 2016 to Piezo Secrets from Cigar Box Nation Members	10	Oct 11, 2019 Reply by BrianQ.
"I'd agree with JL and give it a go yourself. Like many things CBG, it looks a littl…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 18, 2016 to Don't snipe me bro...	9	Mar 18, 2016 Reply by BP - RabidSalad -
"The cheapest source for hardwoods for me is.... pallets. I have a standing request…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 14, 2016 to Sourcing hardwoods	15	Mar 14, 2016 Reply by Kigar
" 87,046.3 thumbs up... I'd have given more but thats all I got left. Thx man... …" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 14, 2016 to Don't snipe me bro...	9	Mar 18, 2016 Reply by BP - RabidSalad -
"LOL... I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other, half blind but not deaf…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Mar 12, 2016 to Don't snipe me bro...	9	Mar 18, 2016 Reply by BP - RabidSalad -
"or must await the passing of winter.... sigh..." BP - RabidSalad - replied Feb 11, 2016 to Hi. I'm "(insert name here) and I can't stop building CBGs"	40	Feb 27, 2016 Reply by Burt Philbrick
"LOL... I think the tuner rigging is a tad heavy for a cbg but who am I to say other…" BP - RabidSalad - replied Jan 15, 2016 to Minimalist ideas	11	Jan 17, 2016 Reply by Robert Killen

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BP - RabidSalad -'s Discussions (105)

"I use the staple method as well... Just make sure that the staple length is along th…"

"Is it permanent?!?!? )"

"I'd say if you lost them.... you probably didn't need'm anyway... so carry on and…"

"With disc piezos I tend to mount mine in silicon forward of the bridge and on the lo…"

"I'd agree with JL and give it a go yourself. Like many things CBG, it looks a littl…"

"The cheapest source for hardwoods for me is.... pallets. I have a standing request…"

" 87,046.3 thumbs up... I'd have given more but thats all I got left. Thx man... …"

"LOL... I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other, half blind but not deaf…"

"or must await the passing of winter.... sigh..."

"LOL... I think the tuner rigging is a tad heavy for a cbg but who am I to say other…"

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