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At 12:05am on October 12, 2009, Dianne Woods said…: Nice to meet you. That is alright, I make boo boos all the time.

At 1:34pm on October 11, 2009, Dianne Woods said…: Steve, nice CBGs, very creative.

At 2:12pm on September 29, 2009, Norm Nyburg said…: I like the circular sound holes on the coffee infused box. I have a couple and haven't decided what to do with them yet

At 4:34am on September 23, 2009, Frank Posey said…: Just to say I really appreciate your work, shows a lot of art and creativity.

At 10:05am on August 30, 2009, Suzanne said…: About the birdhouse gourds we mentioned earlier this year; it has been a strange cool "summer" up-pa North- we aren't really sure we had a summer!
My gourd plants are just NOW taking off- and flowering- I haven't given up hope yet- but the gourd pickins' are probly gonna be VERRRY slim this year :(

At 5:04pm on July 1, 2009, Dennis R. Dehart said…: nice set of cigar box guitars.

At 10:20am on June 21, 2009, Jim Grisham said…: Thanks for the words of welcome. This is a fine community for sure.

Porter is northeast suburban Houston.

At 7:17am on June 17, 2009, Diane in Chicago said…: Hi, Steve! That stick-on-the-box dulcimer is about as loud as most of my other builds, (except for the two outta-the-park vintage Royal Jamaica box builds I done. Don't know why those boxes are so great.) It goes together nice and easy. If I do it again, I'll elevate the stick off the box just a smidge like that fella did on the Dulcimer group. A great way to build for a beginner or for working with a class of newbies.

It does look like it is warping at the playing zone, so the action has lifted since I built it a few weeks back. Many of my others have warped a bit, too. So can't say if it is less stable than those. However six strings can't be helping! ;->

At 7:39pm on June 16, 2009, Brian "Pork Pie" Anderson said…: Thanks for the add Steve, great pics...you look busy. I am strating on my neck this week....Ill post some pics of my progress

At 5:17pm on June 12, 2009, Gloria said…: Hi, Just stopping by again to browse through your photos. Nice very nice! Just love that picture frame on the sound hole. I have a couple of those antique style around somewhere.
I'm having fun with the boxes, but don't really know what kind/size strings to use, or anything about frets. So I'm hanging around here to learn. Have a musical day, Gloria

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