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"Looking at the profile photos - "Weapons of the Middle-aged" would be more appropr…" Seaman Jay replied Jul 6, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"(MHO)I wouldn't use wood filler for repairs of this size. Would probably remove the…" Seaman Jay replied Jul 6, 2011 to Body repair	6	Jul 6, 2011 Reply by Tommy
"and for the marathon-gigs: " Seaman Jay replied Jul 5, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"Although my wife is amused with the idea - she'll eventually crochet me a guitar str…" Seaman Jay replied Jul 5, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"What about a bass guitar with a diagonal (left-bottom to right top corner) neck?" Seaman Jay replied Jul 3, 2011 to I am open to suggestions on what to do with this box.	21	Sep 5, 2012 Reply by rusty case
"My .02$ (i should probably keep for myself). I'm not an expert - I'm somewh…" Seaman Jay replied Jul 3, 2011 to Do you radius the back of the neck?	49	Jul 4, 2011 Reply by colin mcgrath
"@Wes - it could be "maturity" as well. One day you're just old enough to care more a…" Seaman Jay replied Jul 1, 2011 to Discrimination and Cigar Box Guitars	15	Jul 17, 2011 Reply by Grease Stains
"Every time I go into a music shop to buy/look for something for my CBG the owners/em…" Seaman Jay replied Jun 30, 2011 to Discrimination and Cigar Box Guitars	15	Jul 17, 2011 Reply by Grease Stains
"if the big box is a deep one - definitely: build a bass guitar. Maybe a shortscale,…" Seaman Jay replied Jun 8, 2011 to What to do with odd-sized boxes?	26	Jun 8, 2011 Reply by Seaman Jay
"Hole saw for big round sound holes[1]. Wood bits for smaller. Jigsaw for all the res…" Seaman Jay replied Jun 6, 2011 to Making perfect sound holes	18	Jun 9, 2011 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson

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Seaman Jay's Discussions (212)

"Looking at the profile photos - "Weapons of the Middle-aged" would be more appropr…"

"(MHO)I wouldn't use wood filler for repairs of this size. Would probably remove the…"

"and for the marathon-gigs: "

"Although my wife is amused with the idea - she'll eventually crochet me a guitar str…"

"What about a bass guitar with a diagonal (left-bottom to right top corner) neck?"

"My .02$ (i should probably keep for myself). I'm not an expert - I'm somewh…"

"@Wes - it could be "maturity" as well. One day you're just old enough to care more a…"

"Every time I go into a music shop to buy/look for something for my CBG the owners/em…"

"if the big box is a deep one - definitely: build a bass guitar. Maybe a shortscale,…"

"Hole saw for big round sound holes[1]. Wood bits for smaller. Jigsaw for all the res…"

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