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"I have used medium/low for the frets and medium/highest for the zero fret works grea…" sparky37 replied Jan 21, 2016 to Which gauge of fret wire to use.	7	Jan 26, 2016 Reply by Bluesheart
"I bought their 5 watt dual speaker kit works great!" sparky37 replied Jan 21, 2016 to Guitar Fuel reviews	4	Jan 21, 2016 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"I am basing my box bass guitar build on this instrument https://www.youtube.com/wat…" sparky37 replied Jan 7, 2016 to Bass CBG	6	Jan 7, 2016 Reply by sparky37
"I guess I will have to buy my own cigar box guitar Christmas present, I was looking…" sparky37 replied Dec 28, 2015 to What did Santa Bring You?	8	Dec 31, 2015 Reply by Nathan Binns
"Poplar (green), basswood or aspen makes great trim, easy to cut and nail and takes g…" sparky37 replied Dec 15, 2015 to Why not poplar?	20	Dec 16, 2015 Reply by Cory LeBeau
"I have the saw at c. b. gitty works just fine! http://www.cbgitty.com/fretting-suppl…" sparky37 replied Dec 6, 2015 to Finding the Right Fret Saw	61	Jan 28, 2016 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"Your craftsmanship and your ability to show and tell your techniques is brilliant. Y…" sparky37 replied Oct 31, 2015 to Step by step how to on neck construction	8	Feb 22, 2021 Reply by Carl Floyd
"The day I stop sucking air is the day I'll quit building and designing box guitars.…" sparky37 replied Oct 16, 2015 to Hi. I'm "(insert name here) and I can't stop building CBGs"	40	Feb 27, 2016 Reply by Burt Philbrick
"Check this sites out http://www.novaxguitars.com/parts-accessories/bridges.html and…" sparky37 replied Oct 10, 2015 to Adjustable Bridge/tail	6	Oct 11, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"I have electric strings on my acoustic - electric box guitar with much success. The…" sparky37 replied Oct 4, 2015 to Strings for an acoustic/electric build	2	Oct 5, 2015 Reply by John Sawyer

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sparky37's Discussions (54)

"I have used medium/low for the frets and medium/highest for the zero fret works grea…"

"I bought their 5 watt dual speaker kit works great!"

"I am basing my box bass guitar build on this instrument https://www.youtube.com/wat…"

"I guess I will have to buy my own cigar box guitar Christmas present, I was looking…"

"Poplar (green), basswood or aspen makes great trim, easy to cut and nail and takes g…"

"I have the saw at c. b. gitty works just fine! http://www.cbgitty.com/fretting-suppl…"

"Your craftsmanship and your ability to show and tell your techniques is brilliant. Y…"

"The day I stop sucking air is the day I'll quit building and designing box guitars.…"

"Check this sites out http://www.novaxguitars.com/parts-accessories/bridges.html and…"

"I have electric strings on my acoustic - electric box guitar with much success. The…"

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