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"I love my Roland Microcube...but here's a new..and cheaper contender... " ChickenboneJohn replied Mar 12, 2019 to Best Amp	18	Mar 13, 2019 Reply by Seasick Mick
"Here's the Pignose - we are out of stock but more are on their way as I type... " ChickenboneJohn replied Mar 12, 2019 to Best Amp	18	Mar 13, 2019 Reply by Seasick Mick
"Here's one I made earlier...this is Hollowbelly's touring and recording amp. " ChickenboneJohn replied Mar 12, 2019 to Best Amp	18	Mar 13, 2019 Reply by Seasick Mick
"The Gibson name won't vanish, but they have got an uphill struggle. Chapter 11 bankr…" ChickenboneJohn replied May 3, 2018 to Demise of Gibson	3	May 3, 2018 Reply by Sleepy John
"I sell pretty much everything you need for making cigar box guitars. Check out my on…" ChickenboneJohn replied Sep 1, 2016 to Looking to get started	6	Oct 11, 2016 Reply by Hubert Knight
"My next workshop is in Bearwood, Sat 11th June. The last workshop was fully booked,…" ChickenboneJohn replied Apr 6, 2016 to instruction	5	Apr 6, 2016 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"Bravo!!" ChickenboneJohn replied Feb 3, 2016 to 1664 Fretless	6	Feb 5, 2016 Reply by Bill Isherwood
"If you want a saw for slotting fretboards, this is the proper tool for the job. Luth…" ChickenboneJohn replied Jan 22, 2016 to Saw for cutting fret slots	22	Apr 16, 2016 Reply by Simon Cartlidge
"Jim, that oak sounds like a fair deal..it makes up into a decent neck (I've got 2 oa…" ChickenboneJohn replied Oct 30, 2015 to where to get timber for a neck?	14	Feb 13, 2016 Reply by Stuart Baldwin
"Just mounting the jack socket into a hole drilled thru' the steel hubcap will earth…" ChickenboneJohn replied Oct 30, 2015 to Steel hub caps and mounting electonic components???	7	Nov 1, 2015 Reply by Alex Rigby

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ChickenboneJohn's Discussions (1,406)

"I love my Roland Microcube...but here's a new..and cheaper contender... "

"Here's the Pignose - we are out of stock but more are on their way as I type... "

"Here's one I made earlier...this is Hollowbelly's touring and recording amp. "

"The Gibson name won't vanish, but they have got an uphill struggle. Chapter 11 bankr…"

"I sell pretty much everything you need for making cigar box guitars. Check out my on…"

"My next workshop is in Bearwood, Sat 11th June. The last workshop was fully booked,…"

"Bravo!!"

"If you want a saw for slotting fretboards, this is the proper tool for the job. Luth…"

"Jim, that oak sounds like a fair deal..it makes up into a decent neck (I've got 2 oa…"

"Just mounting the jack socket into a hole drilled thru' the steel hubcap will earth…"

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