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"Dan, doesn't the flange on Lowe's cones go over the top? I would think that this cou…" Ben replied Oct 22, 2011 to Cutting a large hole in a 6 string acoustic	21	Oct 23, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Dan, it's good to see who your new neighbors are! Promise me one thing, you use your…" Ben replied Oct 8, 2011 to El Kabong Lives!!!	6	Oct 9, 2011 Reply by Dan Sleep
"No matter how many poles there are, there is just one wire that is wrapped around al…" Ben replied Oct 6, 2011 to How to put a 4 pole single coil to a mono-jack !!	9	Oct 7, 2011 Reply by Dan Sleep
"Hey Keith, just wanted to clarify some things...you're looking for a loweBRO and not…" Ben replied Aug 28, 2011 to looking for lowebro plans/ suggestions	7	Aug 30, 2011 Reply by Marr's Guitars
"Michael, that would be more along the lines of a baritone guitar...typically 28-30"i…" Ben replied Aug 28, 2011 to fretless cbg bass	14	Aug 31, 2011 Reply by Seaman Jay
"I certainly wouldn't discount the contribution of the wood to the sound. On violins,…" Ben replied Aug 20, 2011 to How much influence does the fret board have on the sound of the CBG?	40	Aug 7, 2013 Reply by Slowpaw Steve T
"This may be an obvious answer, but it is what I did when I was experimenting with 3…" Ben replied Aug 19, 2011 to Can you string a regular Guitar with just 3 strings GDG tune.??	8	Aug 21, 2011 Reply by Keni Lee Burgess
"I think you're looking for this: How loud can we make it http://www.cigarboxnation.c…" Ben replied Aug 13, 2011 to No Resonator Group?	11	Aug 16, 2011 Reply by Rand Moore
"Sounds right to me. I haven't bought one yet but I remember when he first came out w…" Ben replied Aug 10, 2011 to Old lowes reso installation	4	Aug 10, 2011 Reply by Kyle
"Now you have plenty of nice maple scrap! Bridges, bracing, oh my!" Ben replied May 23, 2011 to Plywood Top ???	39	Jun 22, 2011 Reply by Bert the Welder

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Ben's Discussions (406)

"Dan, doesn't the flange on Lowe's cones go over the top? I would think that this cou…"

"Dan, it's good to see who your new neighbors are! Promise me one thing, you use your…"

"No matter how many poles there are, there is just one wire that is wrapped around al…"

"Hey Keith, just wanted to clarify some things...you're looking for a loweBRO and not…"

"Michael, that would be more along the lines of a baritone guitar...typically 28-30"i…"

"I certainly wouldn't discount the contribution of the wood to the sound. On violins,…"

"This may be an obvious answer, but it is what I did when I was experimenting with 3…"

"I think you're looking for this: How loud can we make it http://www.cigarboxnation.c…"

"Sounds right to me. I haven't bought one yet but I remember when he first came out w…"

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