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"Keep it in your pocket, handle it a lot, scuff the protective coating off it with so…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to anybody got any tips on tarnishing a piece of brass to get a vintage patina got a skeleton key looks to new	11	Apr 6, 2012 Reply by Scott
"Darren, I know you meant "wondered if other people had success," but "wounded" is a…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to Simple resonators	4	Mar 30, 2012 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"Double damn! Like perhaps many of you who were kids in the Sixties, I first heard th…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to RIP Earl Scruggs, dead at 88	7	Mar 30, 2012 Reply by Wichita Sam
"Lies, damn lies and statistics!" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to Ed Helms (The Office, The Hangover, etc) talks about building seven CBGs in April's Esquire	12	Mar 28, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"So, is anybody gonna contact Ed Helms for pics of his builds?" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to Ed Helms (The Office, The Hangover, etc) talks about building seven CBGs in April's Esquire	12	Mar 28, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Music may not be a competition, but I do believe the bar has been substantially rais…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 28, 2012 to Townes Van Zandt CBG Tribute Album - Your Submissions needed	445	Nov 30, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"RTZ, Nice choices, all. I think Thorstein Henrichsen was gonna try Nothin, but don'…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 27, 2012 to Townes Van Zandt CBG Tribute Album - Your Submissions needed	445	Nov 30, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Derrick, Let's face it: you're an incurable feeb. >:-E Nononononooooo! I Am KI…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 26, 2012 to Left Hand Feeble	19	Mar 26, 2012 Reply by Keni Lee Burgess
"Clock, Awww, c'mon man...you Photoshopped the dog in. And what's with the twister…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 24, 2012 to Early 1900's Cigar Box guitar postcard ~ great for the History collector or CBG Seller	3	Mar 24, 2012 Reply by Clock The Wolf
"Hey, iffen he could build one about 12" long by about 9" wide, I could find a use fo…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 24, 2012 to Dwarf Cars.....	1	Mar 24, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague

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

"Keep it in your pocket, handle it a lot, scuff the protective coating off it with so…"

"Darren, I know you meant "wondered if other people had success," but "wounded" is a…"

"Double damn! Like perhaps many of you who were kids in the Sixties, I first heard th…"

"Lies, damn lies and statistics!"

"So, is anybody gonna contact Ed Helms for pics of his builds?"

"Music may not be a competition, but I do believe the bar has been substantially rais…"

"RTZ, Nice choices, all. I think Thorstein Henrichsen was gonna try Nothin, but don'…"

"Derrick, Let's face it: you're an incurable feeb. >:-E Nononononooooo! I Am KI…"

"Clock, Awww, c'mon man...you Photoshopped the dog in. And what's with the twister…"

"Hey, iffen he could build one about 12" long by about 9" wide, I could find a use fo…"

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