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"Building box guitars, making friends and jamming to good music what's not to like." sparky37 replied Oct 2, 2015 to The 31st Meeting of CBG Minded Michigan'ders, is scheduled for 08 September 2018.	22	Aug 8, 2017 Reply by Preston J. Laisure
"Each new project will only get better and more fun!!! Enjoy!!!" sparky37 replied Oct 1, 2015 to My first "from scratch" creation: A cigar box ukulele!	16	Oct 8, 2015 Reply by PhattyPatty
"Wow, you put your custom guitar in her hands! She seems to like it, when are we goin…" sparky37 replied Oct 1, 2015 to Samantha Fish - Rig Rundown: Pics & Videos	9	Oct 4, 2015 Reply by Paul Taylor Odiase
"Will be there with most of my guitars to show' and plan to bring as many local blues…" sparky37 replied Sep 27, 2015 to The 31st Meeting of CBG Minded Michigan'ders, is scheduled for 08 September 2018.	22	Aug 8, 2017 Reply by Preston J. Laisure
"I start with a four-in-hand rasp and get the basic shape. Then trim and final shapin…" sparky37 replied Sep 21, 2015 to What do you use to shape a neck?	49	Oct 4, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"You don’t need dowels for a scarf joint. I am on #7 build and these scarf joints hav…" sparky37 replied Sep 17, 2015 to Headstock building question	13	Sep 26, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"I suggest the surface mounted Lowrider Vintage Gold Foil Standard Pickups they are c…" sparky37 replied Aug 23, 2015 to What's a good shallow pickup to use? (not too tall)	10	Sep 11, 2015 Reply by Tom T
"Most three and four string cigar box guitars have necks that are flat and straight.…" sparky37 replied Aug 17, 2015 to Neck radius	3	Aug 18, 2015 Reply by Richey Kay
"If your talking about the three adjustable hard tail bridges sold by c. b. gitty, ad…" sparky37 replied Aug 9, 2015 to Hard tail bridge	3	Aug 10, 2015 Reply by Dan Sleep
"thickness of the spacer is the question. I would recommend string height above the f…" sparky37 replied Jul 27, 2015 to hard tail bridge??	3	Jul 27, 2015 Reply by sparky37

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sparky37's Discussions (54)

"Building box guitars, making friends and jamming to good music what's not to like."

"Each new project will only get better and more fun!!! Enjoy!!!"

"Wow, you put your custom guitar in her hands! She seems to like it, when are we goin…"

"Will be there with most of my guitars to show' and plan to bring as many local blues…"

"I start with a four-in-hand rasp and get the basic shape. Then trim and final shapin…"

"You don’t need dowels for a scarf joint. I am on #7 build and these scarf joints hav…"

"I suggest the surface mounted Lowrider Vintage Gold Foil Standard Pickups they are c…"

"Most three and four string cigar box guitars have necks that are flat and straight.…"

"If your talking about the three adjustable hard tail bridges sold by c. b. gitty, ad…"

"thickness of the spacer is the question. I would recommend string height above the f…"

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