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"It's about the music, not the back story."

Thomas Smith replied Oct 3, 2016 to Who is Seasick Steve? Was He Formerly a Disco Star in France?

 44 Feb 6, 2020
Reply by BUGGY (C)

"What Chickenbone said. When I was a kid I collected rocks and fossils. I wanted to b…"

Thomas Smith replied Jun 29, 2013 to Burnt out on making cbg?

 52 Jul 2, 2013
Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague

"here is the link Rand, http://www.luth.org/downloads/Flynn-Balalaika-GAL.pdf Tom"

Thomas Smith replied Apr 24, 2012 to Scarf Joints........arghhh

 39 Apr 24, 2012
Reply by Thomas Smith

"If anybody is interested in the Balalaika set of plans that Rand Moore mentioned in…"

Thomas Smith replied Apr 24, 2012 to Scarf Joints........arghhh

 39 Apr 24, 2012
Reply by Thomas Smith

"I tried this after reading on Yahoo, and it works a little  [but not like the vicodi…"

Thomas Smith replied Apr 13, 2012 to The pinced nerve blues.

 6 Apr 13, 2012
Reply by Thomas Smith

"We do want pictures when your done!"

Thomas Smith replied Mar 29, 2012 to Help with Gold corner supports for Cigar Box where do I find these :)

 7 Mar 29, 2012
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"Blue Diet Doctor Pepper?!"

Thomas Smith replied Feb 1, 2012 to Find Your Band Name

 36 Feb 4, 2012
Reply by blufloyd

"My two cents, always store your flammable solvents in a flammable storage cabinet. I…"

Thomas Smith replied Jan 10, 2012 to I almost blew myself up!!! Explosion in the garage...

 20 Jan 15, 2012
Reply by Ryan Rose

"Here is another video of Buddy Guy in Tokyo jamming with a Shamisen player. http:/…"

Thomas Smith replied Dec 24, 2011 to UPDATED: Okinawa Japanese Shamisen Kankara SANSHIN standard Handmade kit

 20 Jan 3, 2012
Reply by Keni Lee Burgess

"Mark: Hang in there.  I been dealing with health issues lately myself and dealing w…"

Thomas Smith replied Dec 11, 2011 to challenged from here on out.

 17 Jan 3, 2012
Reply by Diane in Chicago

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Buzzing strings when fretted. Frets look good. I have a zero fret license plate guitar. Break angle I can inprove at the nut however the buzzing is coming from the bridge, I used a banjo bridge.

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