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"I'll only start worrying when they offer "Custom ordering available - minimum 500 pi…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied May 4, 2013 to China is now making CIGAR BOX GUITARS!	59	Apr 5, 2017 Reply by Dustin Aurand
"You have a bad ground, or a cold solder joint somewhere. Did you ground the strings?…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied May 4, 2013 to Hum	2	May 4, 2013 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"I make my own boxes. Out of lauan plywood. They sound great. Building yer own allows…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 28, 2013 to CBG without the cigar box	7	Apr 28, 2013 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Ssssstop feeding the ssssnakesssss... ;-) But seriously: look at Beetlejuice's amp…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 23, 2013 to How to get rid of hiss?	2	Apr 23, 2013 Reply by John E Curley
"Check my Ron's Boogie vid; I burned pick's SwampWitch logo into the headstock with a…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 23, 2013 to Your logo	17	Apr 28, 2013 Reply by Maddog
"Use the pick points for sympathetic harp strings." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 23, 2013 to Ideas	6	Apr 23, 2013 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Eeeek! "Product???!!!" "Quality???!!!" The big question, though: kin ya dance to it?" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 18, 2013 to CBG.UK Radio - We need your tunes!	147	Dec 14, 2015 Reply by Robert Killen
"Yeah, shoot me yer e-mail addy via PM. I'll send mp3s. Hmmm. Do you have Dropbox? I…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 16, 2013 to CBG.UK Radio - We need your tunes!	147	Dec 14, 2015 Reply by Robert Killen
"I'm an Anglophile. I play CBG. I write original tunes. I have recorded them for a ve…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 16, 2013 to CBG.UK Radio - We need your tunes!	147	Dec 14, 2015 Reply by Robert Killen
"That Yammy DOES have a pre amp built into it, ya know (check the specs)...piezos are…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Apr 14, 2013 to OOOOPS	7	Apr 18, 2013 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)

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

"I'll only start worrying when they offer "Custom ordering available - minimum 500 pi…"

"You have a bad ground, or a cold solder joint somewhere. Did you ground the strings?…"

"I make my own boxes. Out of lauan plywood. They sound great. Building yer own allows…"

"Ssssstop feeding the ssssnakesssss... ;-) But seriously: look at Beetlejuice's amp…"

"Check my Ron's Boogie vid; I burned pick's SwampWitch logo into the headstock with a…"

"Use the pick points for sympathetic harp strings."

"Eeeek! "Product???!!!" "Quality???!!!" The big question, though: kin ya dance to it?"

"Yeah, shoot me yer e-mail addy via PM. I'll send mp3s. Hmmm. Do you have Dropbox? I…"

"I'm an Anglophile. I play CBG. I write original tunes. I have recorded them for a ve…"

"That Yammy DOES have a pre amp built into it, ya know (check the specs)...piezos are…"

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