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"My fretboards usually overlap by a couple of inches...they slide over the lid and, w…" Marcus Darwell replied Mar 3, 2015 to gluing fretboard to box lid	5	Mar 3, 2015 Reply by Marcus Darwell
"...but the funny thing is, one of my earlier cookie tin CBG builds (with a disk piez…" Marcus Darwell replied Jun 16, 2014 to tin can feedback	12	Jun 20, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"Not mad about piezos but have used them. It should be directly under the bridge so b…" Marcus Darwell replied Jun 9, 2014 to Dreaded HUMmmmmmm.....	13	Jun 10, 2014 Reply by JL
"WeldBond or standard wood glue and good clamps....no screws..." Marcus Darwell replied Jun 9, 2014 to HELP! Redwood headstock wings cracking under tension!	9	Jun 10, 2014 Reply by Kipatronic
"Welcome to the madness doc.....very soon you will be scouring yard sales for crap th…" Marcus Darwell replied Jun 2, 2014 to Hello all,I'm new	10	Jun 2, 2014 Reply by Marcus Darwell
"Sad jokes aside, I'll just keep building a couple of gits a year, hopefully getting…" Marcus Darwell replied May 29, 2014 to The CBG world. On the decline? Where is it going?	362	Nov 30, 2014 Reply by Primitive Acoustics
"Richey: check out the move on the weird haircut that Dear Leader has......EVERYONE h…" Marcus Darwell replied May 29, 2014 to The CBG world. On the decline? Where is it going?	362	Nov 30, 2014 Reply by Primitive Acoustics
"Chick Korea did ;-)" Marcus Darwell replied May 29, 2014 to The CBG world. On the decline? Where is it going?	362	Nov 30, 2014 Reply by Primitive Acoustics
"I'm torn on this. On the one hand I LOVE building things that are part art, part ins…" Marcus Darwell replied May 29, 2014 to The CBG world. On the decline? Where is it going?	362	Nov 30, 2014 Reply by Primitive Acoustics
"I have a thing for using a rasp - picked one up t'other day that has a very small cu…" Marcus Darwell replied May 22, 2014 to My new favourite tool	27	Jun 15, 2014 Reply by TC DeVeau

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Marcus Darwell's Discussions (63)

"My fretboards usually overlap by a couple of inches...they slide over the lid and, w…"

"...but the funny thing is, one of my earlier cookie tin CBG builds (with a disk piez…"

"Not mad about piezos but have used them. It should be directly under the bridge so b…"

"WeldBond or standard wood glue and good clamps....no screws..."

"Welcome to the madness doc.....very soon you will be scouring yard sales for crap th…"

"Sad jokes aside, I'll just keep building a couple of gits a year, hopefully getting…"

"Richey: check out the move on the weird haircut that Dear Leader has......EVERYONE h…"

"Chick Korea did ;-)"

"I'm torn on this. On the one hand I LOVE building things that are part art, part ins…"

"I have a thing for using a rasp - picked one up t'other day that has a very small cu…"

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