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"The more I learn, the more my previous choices seem to be wrong. I have a normal 6 s…" Engblom replied Dec 14, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Has anyone ever attached the strings through the soundboard (by reinforcing that are…" Engblom replied Dec 12, 2022 to Getting intonation right	7	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"I feel like I am not really qualified to write anything as I have not built anything…" Engblom replied Dec 11, 2022 to Need Help on building a Hubcap Guitar	24	May 7, 2023 Reply by BrianQ.
"Thank you! This sounds like a good way to do it!" Engblom replied Dec 8, 2022 to Getting intonation right	7	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"This sounds interesting, especially as it got the middle G string, which would fit m…" Engblom replied Dec 8, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Quite funny, I had this site up and testing while you mentioned it here! I happened…" Engblom replied Dec 8, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"My singing range is from about G2 to A3. After some experimentation on a full 6 stri…" Engblom replied Dec 7, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"I can no longer edit the first post but of course I meant CEC as an example of 1-3-1…" Engblom replied Dec 6, 2022 to Anyone with experience in 1-3-1 tuning?	10	Dec 14, 2022 Reply by BrianQ.
"Did you use any bracing when you built that guitar?" Engblom replied Dec 4, 2022 to String attachment place	6	Dec 4, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Thank you for always putting some time into writing answers to my questions. I have…" Engblom replied Dec 1, 2022 to String attachment place	6	Dec 4, 2022 Reply by Taffy Evans

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Engblom's Discussions (48)

"The more I learn, the more my previous choices seem to be wrong. I have a normal 6 s…"

"Has anyone ever attached the strings through the soundboard (by reinforcing that are…"

"I feel like I am not really qualified to write anything as I have not built anything…"

"Thank you! This sounds like a good way to do it!"

"This sounds interesting, especially as it got the middle G string, which would fit m…"

"Quite funny, I had this site up and testing while you mentioned it here! I happened…"

"My singing range is from about G2 to A3. After some experimentation on a full 6 stri…"

"I can no longer edit the first post but of course I meant CEC as an example of 1-3-1…"

"Did you use any bracing when you built that guitar?"

"Thank you for always putting some time into writing answers to my questions. I have…"

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