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"i use a humbucker i salvaged from a guitar that was in a house fire. the strings sho…" jeff maurer replied Jul 1, 2013 to Hi	4	Jul 1, 2013 Reply by jeff maurer
"likes-feedback, distortion, extreme volume, the feeling you get when you put strings…" jeff maurer replied Jun 29, 2013 to Tell me YOUR Likes and dislikes of CBG building	67	Jul 4, 2013 Reply by Alex Cartwright
"i get my strings at the guitar junkyard and can get em in singles. i use a w36, w26…" jeff maurer replied Jun 24, 2013 to String Gauges???	12	Jun 24, 2013 Reply by jeff maurer
"my second neck i built was cut out of a pine 2x4 and i had no bowing problems at all…" jeff maurer replied May 13, 2013 to Soft wood necks?	13	May 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"dont forget to make a thumper keg" jeff maurer replied Apr 23, 2013 to Clear Moonshine, a Cigarbox song about Moonshining and making music at the same time	1	Apr 23, 2013 Reply by jeff maurer
"ive ran into this problem myself up on the headstock drilling for my tuning pegs. ge…" jeff maurer replied Mar 27, 2013 to Woops drilled my 1/4 jack hole wrong spot	17	Mar 27, 2013 Reply by jabes
"if you are used to playing a certain 6 string just use the scale of the guitar you p…" jeff maurer replied Mar 24, 2013 to Scale length for my 1st build.	7	Mar 25, 2013 Reply by Bluesheart
"maybe try thicker strings and or tuning up a step" jeff maurer replied Mar 10, 2013 to Sustain	21	Mar 13, 2018 Reply by Tom Lauten
"i have an old kalamazoo bass that has this scale length. id make a 2 string bass. yo…" jeff maurer replied Feb 12, 2013 to Long neck?	11	Feb 19, 2013 Reply by Jim Woods
"i use to wrap my disc in cardboard like from a cereal box or case of coke and stick…" jeff maurer replied Feb 4, 2013 to First Build	14	Feb 16, 2013 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague

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jeff maurer's Discussions (76)

"i use a humbucker i salvaged from a guitar that was in a house fire. the strings sho…"

"likes-feedback, distortion, extreme volume, the feeling you get when you put strings…"

"i get my strings at the guitar junkyard and can get em in singles. i use a w36, w26…"

"my second neck i built was cut out of a pine 2x4 and i had no bowing problems at all…"

"dont forget to make a thumper keg"

"ive ran into this problem myself up on the headstock drilling for my tuning pegs. ge…"

"if you are used to playing a certain 6 string just use the scale of the guitar you p…"

"maybe try thicker strings and or tuning up a step"

"i have an old kalamazoo bass that has this scale length. id make a 2 string bass. yo…"

"i use to wrap my disc in cardboard like from a cereal box or case of coke and stick…"

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