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"Love those deco style fret markers! Nice find!" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 26, 2010 to Found a vintage Stella acoustic, garage sale special	35	Nov 3, 2010 Reply by colin mcgrath
"Diane, I can't speak for Rand, but from the picture attached to his original post, I…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 19, 2010 to Is there a Canjo Group Yet on Cigar Box Nation?	21	Jul 2, 2010 Reply by Douglas Eric Marsalis
"Yes, start one up...I'll join! I haven't built one yet, but have thought about the i…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 18, 2010 to Is there a Canjo Group Yet on Cigar Box Nation?	21	Jul 2, 2010 Reply by Douglas Eric Marsalis
"The search bar at the top of the page can be very helpful. Check out my tips for sol…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 17, 2010 to Piezo annoyances...	3	Jun 18, 2010 Reply by uncle Lou
"To be honest, I didn't care for them at first glance....but then I saw the box and I…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 17, 2010 to * 1 hour Staple Frets.. Pictures*	28	Jul 21, 2010 Reply by Rand Moore
"just some generic guitar parts site...stewmac and other places sell them as they're…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 16, 2010 to Volume pot as a blend	15	May 22, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"So you could have one "blender" and one volume or two volume pots. Same number of po…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 16, 2010 to Volume pot as a blend	15	May 22, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Yep. here's a pic; " Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 16, 2010 to Volume pot as a blend	15	May 22, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"There's a ukulele maker who uses a pin nut that allows you to use any gauge of strin…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 16, 2010 to multi-purpose nut	33	Jun 21, 2010 Reply by colin mcgrath
"It should work, but the most you would get is %50 of each at the center position. At…" Chester Winowiecki replied Jun 16, 2010 to Volume pot as a blend	15	May 22, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid

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Chester Winowiecki's Discussions (50)

"Love those deco style fret markers! Nice find!"

"Diane, I can't speak for Rand, but from the picture attached to his original post, I…"

"Yes, start one up...I'll join! I haven't built one yet, but have thought about the i…"

"The search bar at the top of the page can be very helpful. Check out my tips for sol…"

"To be honest, I didn't care for them at first glance....but then I saw the box and I…"

"just some generic guitar parts site...stewmac and other places sell them as they're…"

"So you could have one "blender" and one volume or two volume pots. Same number of po…"

"Yep. here's a pic; "

"There's a ukulele maker who uses a pin nut that allows you to use any gauge of strin…"

"It should work, but the most you would get is %50 of each at the center position. At…"

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