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"Thanks all! Good luck with the build Rose, look forward to seeing it!" Maddog replied Mar 3, 2017 to Reso	19	Mar 3, 2017 Reply by Maddog
"Looks great, should work good man. I've done something similar to this on quite a f…" Maddog replied Mar 2, 2017 to Reso	19	Mar 3, 2017 Reply by Maddog
"Looks good Kevin. On the humming issue, did you ground the strings? As far as strin…" Maddog replied Apr 22, 2014 to First Build	4	May 26, 2014 Reply by Slow Slough Guitars
"On my 3 stringers I space around 7/16" between strings, or whatever looks cool :-)" Maddog replied Feb 4, 2014 to spacing	9	Feb 5, 2014 Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry
"I do it quite often, a couple here: " Maddog replied Nov 7, 2013 to Building your own box	3	Nov 7, 2013 Reply by Maddog
"Been using them for a while now, they work great! I bought about 20 big tubs of hard…" Maddog replied May 10, 2013 to string bushings	8	Jun 10, 2013 Reply by HarleyTodd
"I use brass tarp grommets that I buy from my local farm store. Gitty sells them also…" Maddog replied Feb 25, 2013 to Brass rings for sound holes	10	Mar 19, 2013 Reply by jamie bark
"Sorry, no vid yet. I'm one of those technologically challenged old guys but I am hop…" Maddog replied Feb 23, 2013 to Deer Antler for Nut and Bridge?	13	Feb 28, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
" This is "Ol JawBone", a 2 string bass I built last year. Has nice tone and…" Maddog replied Feb 23, 2013 to Deer Antler for Nut and Bridge?	13	Feb 28, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
"Need a little more info Mark and pics are great too. Is the ringing acoutstic or whe…" Maddog replied Jan 20, 2013 to Some ringing going on	5	Feb 6, 2013 Reply by BrianQ.

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Maddog's Discussions (109)

"Thanks all! Good luck with the build Rose, look forward to seeing it!"

"Looks great, should work good man. I've done something similar to this on quite a f…"

"Looks good Kevin. On the humming issue, did you ground the strings? As far as strin…"

"On my 3 stringers I space around 7/16" between strings, or whatever looks cool :-)"

"I do it quite often, a couple here: "

"Been using them for a while now, they work great! I bought about 20 big tubs of hard…"

"I use brass tarp grommets that I buy from my local farm store. Gitty sells them also…"

"Sorry, no vid yet. I'm one of those technologically challenged old guys but I am hop…"

" This is "Ol JawBone", a 2 string bass I built last year. Has nice tone and…"

"Need a little more info Mark and pics are great too. Is the ringing acoutstic or whe…"

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