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"I used a pine 1x2 on my first 3 stringer, just because that's what I had laying arou…" Skeesix replied Nov 15, 2009 to Pine	38	Mar 19, 2014 Reply by Belfast Guy
"My favorite slide is a medium thick piece of brass pipe somebody made for me. It's s…" Skeesix replied Nov 9, 2009 to Guitar slide	18	Nov 30, 2009 Reply by Roger Martin
"Closer to the neck will give you a bassier sound, while closer to the bridge will gi…" Skeesix replied Nov 4, 2009 to Pickup Placement	15	Jan 23, 2012 Reply by Mungo Park
"Flip one upside down (reverse polarity) and reverse the leads. Reversing the leads w…" Skeesix replied Nov 3, 2009 to Turning two single coil pickups into a humbucker.	12	Nov 4, 2009 Reply by Fergus Morris
"My pickup winding workshop http://cigarboxguitars.com/workshops/Pickup_Workshop.php…" Skeesix replied Nov 1, 2009 to MAKING GUITAR PICKUPS!	12	Dec 9, 2011 Reply by Dan Sleep
"I've seen plans online for building your own brake, which of course, now I can't rem…" Skeesix replied Oct 27, 2009 to Making 4 string hard tail bridges	23	Jul 24, 2010 Reply by Bob Harrison
"You can make your own brass tailpieces with a minimum of tools. I make mine more sim…" Skeesix replied Oct 26, 2009 to Making 4 string hard tail bridges	23	Jul 24, 2010 Reply by Bob Harrison
"Now that is a cool and useful invention. I don't own a table saw because I am deathl…" Skeesix replied Oct 23, 2009 to Be Careful, People.	18	Oct 23, 2009 Reply by Skeesix
"Like the others are saying, either use a bass pickup, or any type of pickup with a b…" Skeesix replied Oct 21, 2009 to 4 String Magnetic pickup	11	Oct 21, 2009 Reply by Dale Goble
"Yes - awesome idea to use Corian for the fretboard! I can tell you had fun picking o…" Skeesix replied Oct 13, 2009 to baritone cbg guitars	12	Nov 17, 2009 Reply by Ice Bob

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Skeesix's Discussions (554)

"I used a pine 1x2 on my first 3 stringer, just because that's what I had laying arou…"

"My favorite slide is a medium thick piece of brass pipe somebody made for me. It's s…"

"Closer to the neck will give you a bassier sound, while closer to the bridge will gi…"

"Flip one upside down (reverse polarity) and reverse the leads. Reversing the leads w…"

"My pickup winding workshop http://cigarboxguitars.com/workshops/Pickup_Workshop.php…"

"I've seen plans online for building your own brake, which of course, now I can't rem…"

"You can make your own brass tailpieces with a minimum of tools. I make mine more sim…"

"Now that is a cool and useful invention. I don't own a table saw because I am deathl…"

"Like the others are saying, either use a bass pickup, or any type of pickup with a b…"

"Yes - awesome idea to use Corian for the fretboard! I can tell you had fun picking o…"

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