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At 11:34pm on March 18, 2012, ANDOMANDO,,also known as ANDY said…: Hi Mark,saw your video,cassette player guitar amp..could you tell me how you hacked this player..wires etc....thanks

At 2:26am on January 20, 2011, smojo said…: Thanks again for the kind comments Mark.

At 10:20pm on December 19, 2010, smojo said…: cheers Mark, very encouraging. Sometimes I find these pieces that I recorded previously and just forgot about them. This was done in October. There's one or two other possibles then I'm going to work up some more ideas on same theme.

At 6:34am on April 7, 2010, smojo said…: Thanks Mark - me and Andrew mucking about but I'm not supposed to tell anyone it was him!

At 10:32pm on March 24, 2010, HOLLOWBELLY said…: Glad you like it Mark-thanks for the feedback.

At 10:55pm on March 18, 2010, HOLLOWBELLY said…: Mark-your cd shipped first class 9:45 a.m. this morning (Friday).Cheers, HB

At 12:14am on February 16, 2010, smojo said…: Cheers Mark, it was really just an exercise for sussing it all out. Kept it short for ease, didn't want to be too ambitious. I know what you mean though, it could go a lot further.

At 10:44am on January 9, 2010, Dianne Woods said…: You are welcome, Mark. It may be a while before I finish mine. A minor set back with the fingerboard slipping and sliding after I applied the glue, and of course, it dried a little over. So, I had to do some sanding to correct that problem. I told my husband, it doesn't seem like I will ever finish it. He said, anything worth while takes time. Keep building and playing and having fun.

At 1:52pm on January 7, 2010, Dianne Woods said…: Nice CBGs.

At 12:20am on September 22, 2009, Kevin Lawton said…: Hi Mark, and thanks for the offer of a lift. Hyde is only about twelve miles away from me, or less, so that wouldn't be too difficult. Unfortunately, now that I know the price of tickets, I don't think that I will be able to afford to go and I certainly wouldn;t be able to do an overnight stop - which had been my original intention untill I joined th swelling ranks of the unemployed earlier this year. It seems like I;ll just have to be with you all 'in spirit'. :-(

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