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"Yeah, this flamed stuff just started showing up in mine about 3 months ago or so. I'…" Ben replied Feb 23, 2011 to source for great wood? Home Depot???	17	Feb 25, 2011 Reply by Justice Crafted
"Hey Dan, my pleasure. Great video. I'm glad to see you got to work on that bass a bi…" Ben replied Feb 13, 2011 to How I do fretting video	5	Feb 22, 2011 Reply by Dan Sleep
"Nope, it is junk. I'll help you dispose of it properly. I'm sure we can get Keni Lee…" Ben replied Feb 8, 2011 to Vintage DOBRO reso score :) Confirm my identification??	21	Mar 21, 2011 Reply by Edgel R Gillespie II
"Yeah...I hear you. My shop sells them to me for $3 wood, $1.50 paper, buy one get on…" Ben replied Jan 31, 2011 to Uh-oh...source for CGB's minutes from the house	14	Feb 7, 2011 Reply by Chuck Dubman
"Good guesss but that chair (as is most old furnature) was likely assembled with hide…" Ben replied Jan 19, 2011 to Removing PVA glue	5	Jan 20, 2011 Reply by ross harper (rustic luthiery)
"I'm a fan of 23" for lap steels. This lets you put on some heavy strings, still tune…" Ben replied Jan 19, 2011 to lap steel scale length	22	Jan 21, 2011 Reply by bill walsh
"The neck angle helps bring the overall action down while still allowing some bow in…" Ben replied Jan 13, 2011 to Wrapping my head around angled necks/heels	58	Apr 4, 2011 Reply by Marr's Guitars
"One of my students turned me on to this just now. " Ben replied Jan 13, 2011 to Live looping	17	Jan 13, 2011 Reply by Ben
"I was wondering why you were waiting to cash in the museum!" Ben replied Jan 10, 2011 to CB Mando on Antiques Roadshow	8	Jan 11, 2011 Reply by Larry McInnes
"Make sure to rip that carefully crafted fretboard off of it first!" Ben replied Jan 10, 2011 to CB Mando on Antiques Roadshow	8	Jan 11, 2011 Reply by Larry McInnes

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Ben's Discussions (406)

"Yeah, this flamed stuff just started showing up in mine about 3 months ago or so. I'…"

"Hey Dan, my pleasure. Great video. I'm glad to see you got to work on that bass a bi…"

"Nope, it is junk. I'll help you dispose of it properly. I'm sure we can get Keni Lee…"

"Yeah...I hear you. My shop sells them to me for $3 wood, $1.50 paper, buy one get on…"

"Good guesss but that chair (as is most old furnature) was likely assembled with hide…"

"I'm a fan of 23" for lap steels. This lets you put on some heavy strings, still tune…"

"The neck angle helps bring the overall action down while still allowing some bow in…"

"One of my students turned me on to this just now. "

"I was wondering why you were waiting to cash in the museum!"

"Make sure to rip that carefully crafted fretboard off of it first!"

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