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"Was there anything done to the copper to make it age in that way? I love all the col…" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"What a beauty! How do you keep the purpleheart from changing away from purple?" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"How do you power the lights? A battery and a switch on the box? Cool!" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"Beautiful!" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"Wow! That's really cool . . . do you use an Enterprise phaser with it? lol" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"Love these . . . what's the significance of the Asian lettering on the fretboard?" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"That is one cool looking guitar . . . so creative! There's nothing even close to thi…" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"Are there any pickups that would not work as well with some wood between the strings…" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"How would you hide the pickups? What would that be like?" Jo Jacobsen replied Mar 4, 2015 to Post a Picture of Your Favorite Build	202	Nov 14, 2016 Reply by Shawn
"It's so nice to see your daughter getting into the guitar!" Jo Jacobsen replied Feb 25, 2015 to My first CBG is in the books	35	Feb 25, 2015 Reply by Mike

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Jo Jacobsen's Discussions (62)

"Was there anything done to the copper to make it age in that way? I love all the col…"

"What a beauty! How do you keep the purpleheart from changing away from purple?"

"How do you power the lights? A battery and a switch on the box? Cool!"

"Beautiful!"

"Wow! That's really cool . . . do you use an Enterprise phaser with it? lol"

"Love these . . . what's the significance of the Asian lettering on the fretboard?"

"That is one cool looking guitar . . . so creative! There's nothing even close to thi…"

"Are there any pickups that would not work as well with some wood between the strings…"

"How would you hide the pickups? What would that be like?"

"It's so nice to see your daughter getting into the guitar!"

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