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"Cool. We'll be doing that soon. Not so much the big lap as the go to every music fe…" Tony Obermeit replied Jan 21, 2019 to Greetings from Down Under!	9	Jan 21, 2019 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Hey Mitch, I'm from Northern NSW, great to see another Aussie posting here. If you…" Tony Obermeit replied Jan 21, 2019 to Greetings from Down Under!	9	Jan 21, 2019 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Thanks. I think I will get a pitch pipe. I've been playing (acoustic steel string)…" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 27, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Thanks. A friend that learned the double bass originally put dots on the "fret" boa…" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 25, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Another question, I've been leaning heavily towards making my 1st 3 string cbg a fre…" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 24, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Thanks. Yeah, lots of reading for me to still do. " Tony Obermeit replied Dec 24, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Thanks! " Tony Obermeit replied Dec 24, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Sure, please send through the links. I'm leaning towards a six pole pickup, also ha…" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 23, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"West Virginia. Nice. My 2nd youngest son moved to Boston last year. We went to th…" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 23, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit
"Thanks, I've got a preamp I use for the acoustics that have static pickups in them. …" Tony Obermeit replied Dec 23, 2017 to Hello from country New South Wales	27	Dec 27, 2017 Reply by Tony Obermeit

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Tony Obermeit's Discussions (16)

"Cool. We'll be doing that soon. Not so much the big lap as the go to every music fe…"

"Hey Mitch, I'm from Northern NSW, great to see another Aussie posting here. If you…"

"Thanks. I think I will get a pitch pipe. I've been playing (acoustic steel string)…"

"Thanks. A friend that learned the double bass originally put dots on the "fret" boa…"

"Another question, I've been leaning heavily towards making my 1st 3 string cbg a fre…"

"Thanks. Yeah, lots of reading for me to still do. "

"Thanks! "

"Sure, please send through the links. I'm leaning towards a six pole pickup, also ha…"

"West Virginia. Nice. My 2nd youngest son moved to Boston last year. We went to th…"

"Thanks, I've got a preamp I use for the acoustics that have static pickups in them. …"

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