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"So sorry to hear of your loss, MD. Hope you can find peace in knowing that her pain…" gary herget replied Jan 27, 2020 to Update on cbn member “ Maddog “ .	23	Jan 27, 2020 Reply by gary herget
"I would use Mahogany, it will work the best of the three for boxes. As far as thickn…" gary herget replied Oct 22, 2019 to Cigar Box Dimentions and Wood Thickness	11	Oct 24, 2019 Reply by Rich Butters
"I recently put 2 MGB flat buckers on an LPG, only had to drill small holes for wires…" gary herget replied Oct 20, 2019 to Has anyone used a surface mounted flat humbucker pickup on their license plat guitars?	4	Nov 15, 2019 Reply by BrianQ.
"We had an administrator who sadly passed away a couple of years ago, was a great guy…" gary herget replied Aug 2, 2019 to Do we even have an administrator?	6	Aug 2, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"WOW Rat, you been busy. don't have time for all this now but will definatley be back…" gary herget replied Jul 9, 2019 to Getting more out of your fretted three string CBG.	18	Aug 19, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"The can is large enough for decent volume when playing alone but otherwise plug it i…" gary herget replied Jun 21, 2019 to Rescued ss can.	15	Jun 21, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"As you can see, alot of reaching around. This one's for display so not overly import…" gary herget replied Jun 21, 2019 to Rescued ss can.	15	Jun 21, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"A couple of pics of the can I did. The graphics were done by the guy who commisioned…" gary herget replied Jun 21, 2019 to Rescued ss can.	15	Jun 21, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"I used a can like this for a guit and left the handle spout and everything attached.…" gary herget replied Jun 15, 2019 to Rescued ss can.	15	Jun 21, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"Ed, you would do best to find someone near you to help you out. I hope someone has c…" gary herget replied Mar 11, 2019 to seeking builder	2	Mar 17, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig

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gary herget's Discussions (264)

"So sorry to hear of your loss, MD. Hope you can find peace in knowing that her pain…"

"I would use Mahogany, it will work the best of the three for boxes. As far as thickn…"

"I recently put 2 MGB flat buckers on an LPG, only had to drill small holes for wires…"

"We had an administrator who sadly passed away a couple of years ago, was a great guy…"

"WOW Rat, you been busy. don't have time for all this now but will definatley be back…"

"The can is large enough for decent volume when playing alone but otherwise plug it i…"

"As you can see, alot of reaching around. This one's for display so not overly import…"

"A couple of pics of the can I did. The graphics were done by the guy who commisioned…"

"I used a can like this for a guit and left the handle spout and everything attached.…"

"Ed, you would do best to find someone near you to help you out. I hope someone has c…"

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