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"They are Beautiful, hats off!" JL replied Nov 25, 2014 to How would you use a Sawzall Box?	16	Nov 25, 2014 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"Ergo-economics: people buy what feels more comfortable to play, manufacturers make m…" JL replied Nov 21, 2014 to Radius fret-less fret-board and strings	15	Nov 23, 2014 Reply by Mark
"kinda like having Adult ADD and ...SQUIRREL!" JL replied Nov 21, 2014 to "It's Created, Not Bought"	15	Nov 25, 2014 Reply by TN Twang
"I get plenty of volume out of my face-mounted-neck diddley-bo, just cant' see the pr…" JL replied Nov 5, 2014 to Question for first build	21	Nov 11, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"step #1, 100% markup on parts to cover waste & scrap, tools & maintenance, d…" JL replied Nov 5, 2014 to fretting or not markup?	27	Nov 7, 2014 Reply by Christopher Lee dixon
"I'm guessing that the Altoids lid is too flimsy by itself to hang the weight of the…" JL replied Oct 27, 2014 to Resonator... not sounding right	67	Oct 27, 2014 Reply by JL
"Rule #1, never assume. Piezo wired directly to the jack sounding great => POT/POT…" JL replied Oct 24, 2014 to volume pot problem	8	Oct 25, 2014 Reply by Christopher Lee dixon
"another idea...cover the errant dots with an applique or hand-paint that says "B" "S…" JL replied Oct 24, 2014 to Oh Crud... Now what?	32	Oct 24, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"I'm curious if the problem PUP still acts like a mic without strings over it? If so…" JL replied Oct 24, 2014 to Resonator... not sounding right	67	Oct 27, 2014 Reply by JL
"Its beautiful, congrats" JL replied Oct 23, 2014 to First CBG finished	3	Oct 23, 2014 Reply by JL

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JL's Discussions (1,093)

"They are Beautiful, hats off!"

"Ergo-economics: people buy what feels more comfortable to play, manufacturers make m…"

"kinda like having Adult ADD and ...SQUIRREL!"

"I get plenty of volume out of my face-mounted-neck diddley-bo, just cant' see the pr…"

"step #1, 100% markup on parts to cover waste & scrap, tools & maintenance, d…"

"I'm guessing that the Altoids lid is too flimsy by itself to hang the weight of the…"

"Rule #1, never assume. Piezo wired directly to the jack sounding great => POT/POT…"

"another idea...cover the errant dots with an applique or hand-paint that says "B" "S…"

"I'm curious if the problem PUP still acts like a mic without strings over it? If so…"

"Its beautiful, congrats"

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