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"Old Time Rock And Roll - Bob Seger" YeahDoIt replied May 5, 2011 to Simple, 3 chord songs	97	Jun 6, 2011 Reply by Linda
"I cut a piece of steel tubing off a beach umbrella and it's a pretty good slide. I r…" YeahDoIt replied Feb 10, 2011 to Slides	15	Feb 10, 2011 Reply by YeahDoIt
"I notice Musician's Friend is selling Squier by Fender Telecaster pickups, they appe…" YeahDoIt replied Dec 15, 2010 to Building Instructions: CBG with single coil pick up	20	Jan 5, 2011 Reply by NashvilleAl
"I change string tension slowly on the thin strings, about a half note per minute. Yo…" YeahDoIt replied Dec 12, 2010 to breaking strings	16	Dec 12, 2010 Reply by Don Thompson
"Shaping the headstock and holes for tuners were major challenges for me but I do not…" YeahDoIt replied Dec 12, 2010 to First 2 builds - pitfalls	9	Dec 12, 2010 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Piezo is a microphone, you could talk at it and hear your voice through the speaker.…" YeahDoIt replied Dec 12, 2010 to Piezo Help	4	Dec 12, 2010 Reply by YeahDoIt
"Mine is tuned DAd. I can play and sing Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel" pretty good with th…" YeahDoIt replied Dec 8, 2010 to Cookie Tin	3	Dec 10, 2010 Reply by Rand Moore
"Looks nice. It's got frets! Frets really help sometimes." YeahDoIt replied Nov 28, 2010 to Finally found time to build my first CBG !	22	Nov 28, 2010 Reply by YeahDoIt
"For a first CBG you might cut a notch in the box and lay a microphone inside, cord p…" YeahDoIt replied Nov 23, 2010 to new to cbg, advice needed!	9	Nov 23, 2010 Reply by Shawn
"Maybe use a shell casing for a slide." YeahDoIt replied Nov 12, 2010 to My first Diddley Bow... in a lunch box	12	Nov 21, 2010 Reply by Tommy

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YeahDoIt's Discussions (72)

"Old Time Rock And Roll - Bob Seger"

"I cut a piece of steel tubing off a beach umbrella and it's a pretty good slide. I r…"

"I notice Musician's Friend is selling Squier by Fender Telecaster pickups, they appe…"

"I change string tension slowly on the thin strings, about a half note per minute. Yo…"

"Shaping the headstock and holes for tuners were major challenges for me but I do not…"

"Piezo is a microphone, you could talk at it and hear your voice through the speaker.…"

"Mine is tuned DAd. I can play and sing Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel" pretty good with th…"

"Looks nice. It's got frets! Frets really help sometimes."

"For a first CBG you might cut a notch in the box and lay a microphone inside, cord p…"

"Maybe use a shell casing for a slide."

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