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"Joseph, I am not a great, or even very good, slide player. I find letting the trail…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 10, 2013 to First time slide use	15	Nov 5, 2013 Reply by Yankee Dog
"Small square boxes, like the Olivas or similar used to build amps with 3.5-4" speake…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 8, 2013 to I've never built anything before. Where do I start?	5	Oct 14, 2013 Reply by John Sawyer
"Skinny Bones Davis...I don't think so. Blind Pomegranate Harrison-Smythe" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 7, 2013 to Your Blues Name?	27	Oct 30, 2013 Reply by Robert Phillips
"Piht, Any string designed for use with magnetic pickups will give you, by definitio…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 5, 2013 to String Question .	7	Oct 7, 2013 Reply by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars)
"Yep...or you could save that for build #2. In fact, why not just leave this one with…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 5, 2013 to Under the saddle rod piezo disappointment...	46	May 30, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"Joe, Ok, that first bit sounded kinda metallic ( not in a bad way). It sounded the…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 5, 2013 to Under the saddle rod piezo disappointment...	46	May 30, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"Why not start with some of the lesson vids here? Knotlenny's, Shane Speal's, Keni Le…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 3, 2013 to lessons	5	Oct 8, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"We want pics of angst-ridden rage!" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 2, 2013 to Under the saddle rod piezo disappointment...	46	May 30, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"Ok, then why not add another jack? Use your pre when you wanna play with disks, use…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 2, 2013 to Under the saddle rod piezo disappointment...	46	May 30, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"No. Tapping on it won't work. This is a mag pup, not a piezo. Unless you have steel…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 1, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke

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Ron "Oily" Sprague's Discussions (3,185)

"Joseph, I am not a great, or even very good, slide player. I find letting the trail…"

"Small square boxes, like the Olivas or similar used to build amps with 3.5-4" speake…"

"Skinny Bones Davis...I don't think so. Blind Pomegranate Harrison-Smythe"

"Piht, Any string designed for use with magnetic pickups will give you, by definitio…"

"Yep...or you could save that for build #2. In fact, why not just leave this one with…"

"Joe, Ok, that first bit sounded kinda metallic ( not in a bad way). It sounded the…"

"Why not start with some of the lesson vids here? Knotlenny's, Shane Speal's, Keni Le…"

"We want pics of angst-ridden rage!"

"Ok, then why not add another jack? Use your pre when you wanna play with disks, use…"

"No. Tapping on it won't work. This is a mag pup, not a piezo. Unless you have steel…"

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