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"That's what I wanted to see...back of the neck. Love the look." Lane Martin replied Sep 29, 2021 to Rocky Patel mocked up	8	Jul 31, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Taff, Using the dummy sound hole cover was a really slick idea. Very cool look." Lane Martin replied Sep 27, 2021 to First build	35	Sep 27, 2021 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I like it. Nice work on the neck. Please share a photo of the other side when you're…" Lane Martin replied Sep 27, 2021 to Rocky Patel mocked up	8	Jul 31, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Amen and amen." Lane Martin replied Jun 29, 2021 to An update from Shane: I’m home, God is good	9	Jul 1, 2021 Reply by Cher
"Dipping in varnish gives me a shudder. Not that there's anything wrong with it for t…" Lane Martin replied Jun 29, 2021 to CBGitty lipstick Tube Pickups	27	Jul 1, 2021 Reply by Paul Craig
"" Lane Martin replied Jun 23, 2021 to Get Well Shane.	31	Jun 23, 2021 Reply by Lane Martin
"Drawknife/rasp/etc. for rough shaping. Spoke shave is what it sounds like...shaving…" Lane Martin replied Apr 29, 2019 to Using a spokeshave?	11	Jun 2, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I agree. Hadn't thought of that. It occurs to me, though, that if I removed some of…" Lane Martin replied Jun 20, 2018 to Building a through neck and fitting it.	5	Jun 23, 2018 Reply by Taffy Evans
"They are fingered the same but on different frets. Since your git is tuned to an ope…" Lane Martin replied Mar 8, 2018 to Chord sheets for DGB tuning?	72	May 7, 2018 Reply by Korrigan
"The only high-end tools I have (a set of Ashley Iles chisels) were a gift. I've got…" Lane Martin replied Feb 23, 2018 to Chisels, Rasps, Hand Planers, and Files	13	Mar 5, 2018 Reply by Mark Bowen

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Lane Martin's Discussions (215)

"That's what I wanted to see...back of the neck. Love the look."

"Taff, Using the dummy sound hole cover was a really slick idea. Very cool look."

"I like it. Nice work on the neck. Please share a photo of the other side when you're…"

"Amen and amen."

"Dipping in varnish gives me a shudder. Not that there's anything wrong with it for t…"

""

"Drawknife/rasp/etc. for rough shaping. Spoke shave is what it sounds like...shaving…"

"I agree. Hadn't thought of that. It occurs to me, though, that if I removed some of…"

"They are fingered the same but on different frets. Since your git is tuned to an ope…"

"The only high-end tools I have (a set of Ashley Iles chisels) were a gift. I've got…"

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