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"Maple is generally very strong unless the wood is still green and hasn't been dried…" Paul Craig replied Apr 17, 2020 to Neck is bowing	10	Apr 21, 2020 Reply by Paul Craig
"The preamp has a place to plug in a pickup, use that plug in for your guitar input a…" Paul Craig replied May 30, 2019 to CBGitty Amp kit	4	May 30, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Good idea. " Paul Craig replied Apr 29, 2019 to Springs in an acoustic cbg	8	Jun 1, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"I went to Lowe's and got some screen door springs and put them in my acoustic CBG. W…" Paul Craig replied Apr 24, 2019 to Springs in an acoustic cbg	8	Jun 1, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"Closest to the strings gets you more volume and output, but not always the best tone…" Paul Craig replied Apr 8, 2019 to Pickup to string distance	8	Apr 9, 2019 Reply by Lou Ellis
"I use the 4 center strings of a 6 string set of D'Addario's A/D/G/B and tune them G/…" Paul Craig replied Apr 8, 2019 to What strings should be used for 4 string cbc tuned to GDGD?	3	Apr 8, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"A lot of these boxes were made of nice wood, mine is a cheap box that has a Masonite…" Paul Craig replied Apr 16, 2018 to What to do with a silverware box?	15	Apr 16, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"I'm building a Bo Diddly style 6 string guitar out of mine. Almost done with it. It…" Paul Craig replied Apr 16, 2018 to What to do with a silverware box?	15	Apr 16, 2018 Reply by Paul Craig
"They look like a great deal with Seymour Duncan pickups in them. You mentioned the M…" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2018 to Optimum string choice for 23" scale length build.	23	Apr 4, 2018 Reply by James Ross-Smith
"If I could and sneak it by my wife, I would. LOL" Paul Craig replied Mar 30, 2018 to Optimum string choice for 23" scale length build.	23	Apr 4, 2018 Reply by James Ross-Smith

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"Maple is generally very strong unless the wood is still green and hasn't been dried…"

"The preamp has a place to plug in a pickup, use that plug in for your guitar input a…"

"Good idea. "

"I went to Lowe's and got some screen door springs and put them in my acoustic CBG. W…"

"Closest to the strings gets you more volume and output, but not always the best tone…"

"I use the 4 center strings of a 6 string set of D'Addario's A/D/G/B and tune them G/…"

"A lot of these boxes were made of nice wood, mine is a cheap box that has a Masonite…"

"I'm building a Bo Diddly style 6 string guitar out of mine. Almost done with it. It…"

"They look like a great deal with Seymour Duncan pickups in them. You mentioned the M…"

"If I could and sneak it by my wife, I would. LOL"

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