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" " Yankee Dog replied Jan 30, 2014 to License Plate CBG 's	12	Feb 4, 2014 Reply by The Capo Kid
"you need and older one with thin metal and not much paint. The newer ones are dead s…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 30, 2014 to License Plate CBG 's	12	Feb 4, 2014 Reply by The Capo Kid
"just plug it into your guitar cable. If it makes noise it is good. " Yankee Dog replied Jan 29, 2014 to Testing solder jack and piezo with multimeter	7	Jan 29, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"I have made a couple from cardboard boxes. They have a really nice down low growley…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 29, 2014 to Resonance box?	10	Jan 29, 2014 Reply by Mr.melo
"speaking of writing tabs. I came up with this tab generator speadsheet. Put the musi…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 29, 2014 to Three String Tab Song Book?	49	Apr 12, 2014 Reply by Jeanette Runyon
"A point to remember with 3 string tabs written for a IVI tuned device is that they w…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 29, 2014 to Three String Tab Song Book?	49	Apr 12, 2014 Reply by Jeanette Runyon
"Think Uke Any scale length works, just depends on what sound you want " Yankee Dog replied Jan 26, 2014 to Screwed up neck length 17 and 1/2 inches	14	Jan 26, 2014 Reply by Bruce Myers
"Where is the bowing occuring-- continuously and evenly at the junction o…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 24, 2014 to Working on a new neck design - thoughts?	26	Mar 27, 2014 Reply by 14 buck bass (aka antonio)
"you could use 1-2 for a 2 stringer. and the 6th for a diddly bow. Local bluesmans…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 24, 2014 to Using those spare strings	13	Feb 7, 2014 Reply by Jim Woods
"Maybe you have too many strings. : ) Or maybe your scale length is too long. I have…" Yankee Dog replied Jan 24, 2014 to Working on a new neck design - thoughts?	26	Mar 27, 2014 Reply by 14 buck bass (aka antonio)

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Yankee Dog's Discussions (84)

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"you need and older one with thin metal and not much paint. The newer ones are dead s…"

"just plug it into your guitar cable. If it makes noise it is good. "

"I have made a couple from cardboard boxes. They have a really nice down low growley…"

"speaking of writing tabs. I came up with this tab generator speadsheet. Put the musi…"

"A point to remember with 3 string tabs written for a IVI tuned device is that they w…"

"Think Uke Any scale length works, just depends on what sound you want "

"Where is the bowing occuring-- continuously and evenly at the junction o…"

"you could use 1-2 for a 2 stringer. and the 6th for a diddly bow. Local bluesmans…"

"Maybe you have too many strings. : ) Or maybe your scale length is too long. I have…"

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