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"A Cigar Box Becomes Relevant This urban legend may have some small basis in fact. A…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 13, 2011 to Urban Stories about Cigars	7	Sep 28, 2011 Reply by Silent Jim
"Stu, I fretted the necks of my first two builds using finishing nails. I still cut…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 13, 2011 to fretting help	15	Aug 22, 2012 Reply by Stewart Corlett
"World weave?;-)" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 12, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"Rafal, Arrrggghhh! I meant Tunisian, not Moroccan. " Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 12, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"Penny, Further to my last, I now suspect that what I'm seeing in your pic #1 is you…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to Help with Hum please	23	Sep 12, 2011 Reply by Penny Nelson
"Penny, One question about your first pic in the sequence: is that the rod piezo, si…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to Help with Hum please	23	Sep 12, 2011 Reply by Penny Nelson
"Green with envy here. :-(" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to So, I am at the Home Depot...	23	Sep 17, 2011 Reply by Dan Sleep
"Rafal, Nice strap! Your wife does good Moroccan crochet. Oily" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
" " Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to Strap	38	Oct 24, 2011 Reply by wes carl
"Doug, There are a number of checks you may need to make to find the actual source o…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2011 to I have two builds that are flat from 12th fret through 20th fret --> Advice	8	Sep 16, 2011 Reply by Hippy Chip

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

"A Cigar Box Becomes Relevant This urban legend may have some small basis in fact. A…"

"Stu, I fretted the necks of my first two builds using finishing nails. I still cut…"

"World weave?;-)"

"Rafal, Arrrggghhh! I meant Tunisian, not Moroccan. "

"Penny, Further to my last, I now suspect that what I'm seeing in your pic #1 is you…"

"Penny, One question about your first pic in the sequence: is that the rod piezo, si…"

"Green with envy here. :-("

"Rafal, Nice strap! Your wife does good Moroccan crochet. Oily"

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"Doug, There are a number of checks you may need to make to find the actual source o…"

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