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What's on your workbench?
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Working on the edge.
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Box thickness effect on sound
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Modifying My First single String Guitar
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Neck on 3 string is a little tilted to the side in relation to the box.
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Setting the action
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Thought the forum might like this
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How can I use this cool piece?
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The Cigar Box SITAR Experiment - by Shane Speal
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While we are talking solid body resonator guitars.....
Started by Taffy Evans in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts Jun 14. 0 Replies 2 Likes
Resonator solid body six string
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Build a Les Claypool Whamola!
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Celebrating 150 years of Gold Mining...
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How to Build a Mailbox Dobro
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Cheap and easy fret marker inlays?
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Building a mahogany box
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TinCan #7
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string gauge for short scale cbg
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The Cigar Box Mandolin Project - Discussion Page for Questions & Answers
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Proof is in the Tuner
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Don't want to work for the Big Boss no more A. D. Eker 2022
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Don't want to work for the Big Boss no more A. D. Eker 2022
Long title in my verzion off for some classic Blues tunes about not working for the Boss, you vind it in some slave songs ,coleminers tunes, and modern coun...
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Kitchen Table - A song about writing a song...with 3 string Cigar Box Guitar
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