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Converting 3 string to 4 string

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Photos...done at last, nearly. The Pine guitar.

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What random stuff have you used for a bridge?

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How can this CBG be so loud

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Need Help on building a Hubcap Guitar

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Restoration of a Regal 1930s Domino guitar. with video

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Annual Gitty & Friends Christmas concert 2022

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I like Spam, just not on Cigar Box Nation!

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Canjo pickups

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