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"Cookie, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that was supposed to be measurements for a fr…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 21, 2011 to handmade music factory	27	Dec 30, 2011 Reply by Phil Chestnut
"Dan, I have both a Dremel and a Rotozip with the circle cutting attachment, and the…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 21, 2011 to Cutting a large hole in a 6 string acoustic	21	Oct 23, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"John, Thanks, man. It was fun to do. Too bad you already got a Red Dog logo…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2011 to logo design	20	Oct 19, 2011 Reply by Chris Tinker
"Harrison, Nice gits! Please contact me at oilyfool@yahoo.com - lookin' to buy..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 18, 2011 to I have some guitars for sale	5	Nov 22, 2011 Reply by Harrison Withers
"Wes, That's how my Strat tone pot is wired. This site decribes what you said in yo…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 12, 2011 to Tone Pot Issue - master luthier electricians needed - WY	18	Oct 12, 2011 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
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"Wes, It depends on the pot you are using for Tone. It may be bad, or just have a c…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 11, 2011 to Tone Pot Issue - master luthier electricians needed - WY	18	Oct 12, 2011 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"Sean, I'll get back to you via Yahoo. I'm in Saudi Arabia, so I'm 7 hours ahead of…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 11, 2011 to FS: Wichita Sam #268	3	Oct 11, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
" Marshall, I understand where you're coming from, as does most everyone here, but…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 11, 2011 to alternatives to machine heads?	64	Jun 26, 2018 Reply by Bjørn Houdorf
"Hey, y'all, Look what showed up on another part of the site: Alan Lomax's document…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 10, 2011 to diferrence between types of blues	21	Oct 14, 2011 Reply by Brian Hunt

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

"Cookie, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that was supposed to be measurements for a fr…"

"Dan, I have both a Dremel and a Rotozip with the circle cutting attachment, and the…"

"John, Thanks, man. It was fun to do. Too bad you already got a Red Dog logo…"

"Harrison, Nice gits! Please contact me at oilyfool@yahoo.com - lookin' to buy..."

"Wes, That's how my Strat tone pot is wired. This site decribes what you said in yo…"

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"Wes, It depends on the pot you are using for Tone. It may be bad, or just have a c…"

"Sean, I'll get back to you via Yahoo. I'm in Saudi Arabia, so I'm 7 hours ahead of…"

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