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"Cris, Any tuning will work, unless your drummer is really into tunable drums. If…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 28, 2012 to CBG Tuning for Drum and Guitar jam	3	Jan 30, 2012 Reply by Slowpaw Steve T
"You reverse it, and you get Old Baby Davis. >:-E" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to Whats your blues name?	64	Mar 6, 2016 Reply by Sonny Blues
"Robert, If you do decide to do a battery-powered amp inside the box, give some tho…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to sort of a wicked idea	8	Jan 28, 2012 Reply by the anonymous pick
"13 years ago, I was where you were recently, man. Understood. I think your white box…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to soapbar p90 style pickup from CB Gitty	11	Jan 27, 2012 Reply by Lonman
"What Dan the Man said." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to soapbar p90 style pickup from CB Gitty	11	Jan 27, 2012 Reply by Lonman
"Colin, Have received stellar service from Gitty to date, so he probably IS busy, bu…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to soapbar p90 style pickup from CB Gitty	11	Jan 27, 2012 Reply by Lonman
"Not to take away from Gitty, but a 9 buck Chinese single coil may not sound as good…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to soapbar p90 style pickup from CB Gitty	11	Jan 27, 2012 Reply by Lonman
"Robert, I have this one, by Harrison Withers: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 27, 2012 to sort of a wicked idea	8	Jan 28, 2012 Reply by the anonymous pick
"I always spray a little contact cleaner on my pots every once in awhile; it gets pre…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 26, 2012 to Help With an Amp Potentiometer	9	Mar 6, 2012 Reply by Mark Lindsay
"Mark, Try the contact cleaner first, then check for a simple loose connection. Be v…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 26, 2012 to Help With an Amp Potentiometer	9	Mar 6, 2012 Reply by Mark Lindsay

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

"Cris, Any tuning will work, unless your drummer is really into tunable drums. If…"

"You reverse it, and you get Old Baby Davis. >:-E"

"Robert, If you do decide to do a battery-powered amp inside the box, give some tho…"

"13 years ago, I was where you were recently, man. Understood. I think your white box…"

"What Dan the Man said."

"Colin, Have received stellar service from Gitty to date, so he probably IS busy, bu…"

"Not to take away from Gitty, but a 9 buck Chinese single coil may not sound as good…"

"Robert, I have this one, by Harrison Withers: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/…"

"I always spray a little contact cleaner on my pots every once in awhile; it gets pre…"

"Mark, Try the contact cleaner first, then check for a simple loose connection. Be v…"

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