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Drilling into a glass bourbon bottle?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Matthew Trello Nov 13, 2009. 11 Replies

For the bourbon drinkers out there, I have an empty bottle of Woodford Reserve (mmmm, the best part was making it empty!). It's a square shaped bottle, and a little more than an inch deep. I think it…Continue

 

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At 9:24am on March 9, 2011, Uncle John said…
Tom, is there a  cbg fest in Chicago this year?  I have the bug to make the blues and cbg pigramage to the windy city.  Any info is appreciated.
At 8:16am on October 18, 2010, Keni Lee Burgess said…
Thank you Tom for your comment. I wonder what is weights? It might buckle his knees. LOL Enjoy.
At 5:34am on May 1, 2010, churchpew kev said…
thanks for the comment and thats a pretty impressive first build cheers
At 9:53am on February 9, 2010, Mat Prang said…
thanks for the comment Tom. I am a plumber by trade so it seemed to fit.plus copper is very easy to work with.
At 11:20am on January 26, 2010, Dakota Don said…
thanks Tom! or should I say Tommy Gun :) sounds like you should build yourself a tommygun guitar nothing to it..seriously
I
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At 9:23am on November 23, 2009, David L. said…
Hi Tom, They are mylar speakers I bought off ebay. I have tried a smokey amp circuit before but wanted a louder clean sound than that can deliver so I used a 3watt mono amp kit from Maplins. The inside is like this

At 8:33am on November 9, 2009, Rafael Lopes said…
Hi tom, thanks for a comment, about my resonator, the the green/white alternating binding are original, bye
At 10:53am on November 6, 2009, dg said…
thanks for the comment tom, my little boy and I did that.
At 9:04am on November 5, 2009, Rob said…
Thanks Tom
Were hanging and fighting
shes in good spirits!
Nice to mee you bro!
At 8:49am on November 5, 2009, Rob said…
Tom,
Welcome and im sorry for your loss.
I also shaved my head about 5 months ago
my sister is battling bone cancer and told her i didnt want her to be the only bald one in the family.Told her id stay bald until her hair grew back.Ill have to post the picture.
God Bless keep playing and keep his memory alive.
Rob

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