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"Awesome............"

Poppy replied Jun 12, 2015 to Weed eater strings and tuning.

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Feb 29, 2016
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"I should have added this."

Poppy replied Jun 12, 2015 to Weed eater strings and tuning.

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Started by Phil Farabough. Last reply by Phil Farabough Nov 10, 2018. 10 Replies 0 Likes

first bass build

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looking for alternate tunings-

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3 String Cigar Box Bass Guitar Parts

Started by Will T. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Jul 16, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Does a fretless bass require a radiused fingerboard?

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Bass strings??

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Magnetic vs Piezo pickup

Started by PhilUSAFRet. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Mar 25, 2016. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Weed eater strings and tuning.

Started by Poppy. Last reply by Murdoc_420 Feb 29, 2016. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Bass Uke string question(s)

Started by Lane Martin. Last reply by Where's Uranus? Jan 7, 2016. 6 Replies 1 Like

Looking for 2 string bass plans

Started by Mike. Last reply by Mike Jan 6, 2016. 8 Replies 0 Likes

UBass strings

Started by Bobby Fields. Last reply by Bobby Fields Dec 11, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes

1st time builder, bass uke, is this plausible?

Started by Jared. Last reply by Hilo Greg Aug 17, 2015. 14 Replies 0 Likes

First bass build got a few questions .

Started by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars). Last reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted Apr 23, 2015. 23 Replies 0 Likes

bass frets...

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