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"Hey Taff - I replied to your last suggestions way up the page here - I had three pho…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 16, 2022 to How can I use this cool piece?	13	Aug 5, 2022 Reply by Paul Craig
"Very good - yes, it's a vintage Civil War saddle grommet - US Cavalry." Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 16, 2022 to How can I use this cool piece?	13	Aug 5, 2022 Reply by Paul Craig
"The thing used to be a saddle grommet, by the way - used by Union cavalry in the Civ…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 16, 2022 to How can I use this cool piece?	13	Aug 5, 2022 Reply by Paul Craig
"I'm still trying to figure out how . . . clip off the middle on the back and attach…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 15, 2022 to How can I use this cool piece?	13	Aug 5, 2022 Reply by Paul Craig
"What a cool resource that is! I'm planning on making a 5 string guitar and am wonder…" Jo Jacobsen replied Apr 7, 2016 to Perfect string spacing measurement for a three string CBG?	36	Apr 7, 2016 Reply by Gene Jones
"Thank you all so much for your advice and support! I've just done a bit of final glu…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 12, 2015 to Where to put my Flattop?	9	Jun 12, 2015 Reply by Jo Jacobsen
"This is great information. Many thanks to you guys for doing this experiment!" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 11, 2015 to Location, Location, Location: Positioning Magnetic Pickups	38	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I did find the information I had lost. It was written on a piece of paper without re…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 10, 2015 to Where to put my Flattop?	9	Jun 12, 2015 Reply by Jo Jacobsen
"What a beautiful and unusual design! Is that flat piece on the edge of the top of th…" Jo Jacobsen replied Jun 5, 2015 to Creating a logo/Printable water slide decals on headstocks?	31	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Does this have anything to do with Bertrand Russell? Cool!" Jo Jacobsen replied Apr 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn

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Jo Jacobsen's Discussions (62)

"Hey Taff - I replied to your last suggestions way up the page here - I had three pho…"

"Very good - yes, it's a vintage Civil War saddle grommet - US Cavalry."

"The thing used to be a saddle grommet, by the way - used by Union cavalry in the Civ…"

"I'm still trying to figure out how . . . clip off the middle on the back and attach…"

"What a cool resource that is! I'm planning on making a 5 string guitar and am wonder…"

"Thank you all so much for your advice and support! I've just done a bit of final glu…"

"This is great information. Many thanks to you guys for doing this experiment!"

"I did find the information I had lost. It was written on a piece of paper without re…"

"What a beautiful and unusual design! Is that flat piece on the edge of the top of th…"

"Does this have anything to do with Bertrand Russell? Cool!"

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