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"Ahh. The ideas never end!" Blues Frog replied Jun 16, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"If I said I wanted to make it into a guitar, she would say "Go ahead" She's an enabl…" Blues Frog replied Jun 15, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"Girlfriend wanted me to take this spool and make a wagon out of it. Here's what I ca…" Blues Frog replied Jun 15, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"I have a pick cutter and have made a few of those. I've tried a couple different mat…" Blues Frog replied May 26, 2019 to Anyone make their own picks?	33	May 31, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"I haven't had any issues with the photos but I have had issues trying to upload a vi…" Blues Frog replied May 5, 2019 to The new photos widget is driving me nuts	22	Jan 10, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"So far in all my builds I haven't been disappointed with the sustain of an electric…" Blues Frog replied Apr 10, 2019 to Will sound hole reduce sustain?	11	Apr 15, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I don't know if this helps, but here is a link for electric D Major tuning https://w…" Blues Frog replied Apr 10, 2019 to Electric string options for DAD tuning?	8	Apr 13, 2019 Reply by JP Lace Master
"I had never done any of this before I started building Cigar box guitars. But the mo…" Blues Frog replied Apr 6, 2019 to New Diddley Bow Canjo Builds. Not April fools joke I promise	7	Apr 6, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"C. B. Gitty Fret Marking Templates I use these and they are accurate and easy for so…" Blues Frog replied Apr 4, 2019 to accurate fretting	22	Apr 4, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"C.B. Gitty has small amp sets. Easy to work with." Blues Frog replied Apr 4, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd

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Blues Frog's Discussions (396)

"Ahh. The ideas never end!"

"If I said I wanted to make it into a guitar, she would say "Go ahead" She's an enabl…"

"Girlfriend wanted me to take this spool and make a wagon out of it. Here's what I ca…"

"I have a pick cutter and have made a few of those. I've tried a couple different mat…"

"I haven't had any issues with the photos but I have had issues trying to upload a vi…"

"So far in all my builds I haven't been disappointed with the sustain of an electric…"

"I don't know if this helps, but here is a link for electric D Major tuning https://w…"

"I had never done any of this before I started building Cigar box guitars. But the mo…"

"C. B. Gitty Fret Marking Templates I use these and they are accurate and easy for so…"

"C.B. Gitty has small amp sets. Easy to work with."

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