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"That looks great, that's a great job Gilles." Paul Craig replied Oct 16, 2016 to First 4 strings build progress	103	Nov 9, 2016 Reply by Gilles C. Caron
"Stewmac.com has a lot of instructional videos on site that you can look through and…" Paul Craig replied Oct 7, 2016 to First laminated neck and wider headstock... advice needed...	16	Oct 26, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"A friend of mine had a guitar like yours except it had a Melody Maker type pickup in…" Paul Craig replied Oct 7, 2016 to How I Revived the Life of This Teisco Guitar with a $15 Set of Tuners	10	Oct 7, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"One of my neighbors trew away a leaf rake with the small thin tines. Looks like a bu…" Paul Craig replied Oct 6, 2016 to The Mysterious "Ukulele Echo Device" From the 1920's	25	Jan 15, 2017 Reply by Gordon Cooper
"I never pay attention to the stories/drama about a performer. If I like the music, I…" Paul Craig replied Oct 6, 2016 to Who is Seasick Steve? Was He Formerly a Disco Star in France?	44	Feb 6, 2020 Reply by BUGGY (C)
"That's a good looking one. Fender Custom Shop made a few aluminum Strats several yea…" Paul Craig replied Oct 6, 2016 to A cardboard guitar that rocks!	12	Oct 6, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"If I was building or rebuilding an expensive amp, I would use the orange ones. All m…" Paul Craig replied Oct 5, 2016 to Different Cap types for CBG users?	10	Oct 6, 2016 Reply by Timothy Hunter
"This has been a debate on several guitar forums. Really the only difference is in th…" Paul Craig replied Oct 4, 2016 to Different Cap types for CBG users?	10	Oct 6, 2016 Reply by Timothy Hunter
"I picked up a few boxes that way til they started charging for them. Now I just look…" Paul Craig replied Oct 2, 2016 to What to do with small boxes?	13	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by JL
"Short scale bass is 28" or 30". Long scale 32" or 34". Would suggest a trussrod and…" Paul Craig replied Oct 2, 2016 to Three string bass CBG?	4	Oct 2, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach

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Carl Floyd replied to Bill Andy's discussion Copper Hardware

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Rainbow Stew (low budget cover on cigar box guitar) | Merle Haggard

"A new one for me Kale, and I like it! I always enjoy your CBG covers. Happy Sunday!"

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Happy Sunday folks. I've wanted to cover this 1981 Merle Haggard tune for a while and I decided today is the day. Here's a stripped down cover with nothing b...

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"That looks great, that's a great job Gilles."

"Stewmac.com has a lot of instructional videos on site that you can look through and…"

"A friend of mine had a guitar like yours except it had a Melody Maker type pickup in…"

"One of my neighbors trew away a leaf rake with the small thin tines. Looks like a bu…"

"I never pay attention to the stories/drama about a performer. If I like the music, I…"

"That's a good looking one. Fender Custom Shop made a few aluminum Strats several yea…"

"If I was building or rebuilding an expensive amp, I would use the orange ones. All m…"

"This has been a debate on several guitar forums. Really the only difference is in th…"

"I picked up a few boxes that way til they started charging for them. Now I just look…"

"Short scale bass is 28" or 30". Long scale 32" or 34". Would suggest a trussrod and…"

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