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"Hey Warren, Nice looking and sounding first build. Sounds like you're finding the n…" Doc Oakroot replied Apr 2, 2009 to First Build	4	Apr 2, 2009 Reply by Paul Doug
"To attach an electric neck, build a pretty heavy carry-through (some guys have compl…" Doc Oakroot replied Apr 2, 2009 to Necks?	1	Apr 2, 2009 Reply by Doc Oakroot
"That's plenty deep, although might be structurally problematic if you wanted to do a…" Doc Oakroot replied Apr 2, 2009 to Uke Box?	4	Apr 2, 2009 Reply by Paul Doug
"Hey Juju, Most of these sounds were used on the songs on my profile here if you wan…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 29, 2009 to Virtual Junk Drums	2	Mar 29, 2009 Reply by Doc Oakroot
"Glad to hear the hobo is back on track and riding those rails :) To celebrate, I pu…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 25, 2009 to All Points Bulletin - Hobo CBG	12	Jun 9, 2009 Reply by toasterburn
"Well, I don't mean bluesy. (I am familiar with Claypool and I agree he's kickass). I…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 24, 2009 to Homemade stick and string...	4	Mar 24, 2009 Reply by Doc Oakroot
"That's very cool, but not at all what I was talking about, lol. I fixed the link -…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 24, 2009 to Homemade stick and string...	4	Mar 24, 2009 Reply by Doc Oakroot
"Well, what kind of neck? Traditional through the box? Mounted to a heel block? Scarf…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 21, 2009 to Building a Neck	6	Mar 22, 2009 Reply by William H Bonney
"I've done that with the scale longer than the box. Just retune in 7ET, lol. It's act…" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 21, 2009 to BUILDING MISTAKES	37	Jan 23, 2010 Reply by marcianx
"Take the lid off. Turn it over. Put it back on. :p" Doc Oakroot replied Mar 19, 2009 to Labels	5	Mar 27, 2009 Reply by Roger Martin

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Doc Oakroot's Discussions (215)

"Hey Warren, Nice looking and sounding first build. Sounds like you're finding the n…"

"To attach an electric neck, build a pretty heavy carry-through (some guys have compl…"

"That's plenty deep, although might be structurally problematic if you wanted to do a…"

"Hey Juju, Most of these sounds were used on the songs on my profile here if you wan…"

"Glad to hear the hobo is back on track and riding those rails :) To celebrate, I pu…"

"Well, I don't mean bluesy. (I am familiar with Claypool and I agree he's kickass). I…"

"That's very cool, but not at all what I was talking about, lol. I fixed the link -…"

"Well, what kind of neck? Traditional through the box? Mounted to a heel block? Scarf…"

"I've done that with the scale longer than the box. Just retune in 7ET, lol. It's act…"

"Take the lid off. Turn it over. Put it back on. :p"

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