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Hello to the group ive just started to build cbg's but have always wanted a fiddle but cannot find any definet plans anyone have a ny to share or point me in the right direction??

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Permalink Reply by Bobby Wallen on January 21, 2016 at 3:34pm
Plans are hard to come by. I had to look up various dimensions on google and dig through alot of stuff. I have a lot of notes but nothing on the wen the web other than general build blog. Any direct questions I am more than happy to share what I did.

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