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"I'd say that's a good score darryl. Should look great on the right guitar." turtlehead replied Mar 1, 2017 to small spider bridge	9	Mar 2, 2017 Reply by JL
"Yeah, I get the side eye and "you should build a regular guitar" sometimes, but what…" turtlehead replied Feb 10, 2017 to no rules thank God	27	Feb 23, 2017 Reply by JL
"Just picked up my guitar to try it out and I think you're close. The scale is doubl…" turtlehead replied Feb 6, 2017 to Misirlou On CBG	2	Feb 6, 2017 Reply by Dustin Aurand
"I'll third that opinion and was going to link Cpt. Nemoff too. CBGs are tailor made…" turtlehead replied Jan 31, 2017 to More musical styles?	36	Feb 13, 2017 Reply by jose garcia paredes
"This goes beyond fantastic and is just the type of thing that keeps it all moving fo…" turtlehead replied Jan 24, 2017 to Three Strings of Django Fury: Brett Gardner's Gypsy Jazz Cigar Box Guitar	7	Jan 25, 2017 Reply by Mark Bliss
"Hi Jim - Ron "Oily" Sprague is the TAB converting maestro, hopefully he'll chime in…" turtlehead replied Jan 2, 2017 to Canjo Tab question	5	Jan 4, 2017 Reply by JL
"And most modern banjo heads are Mylar too. A banjo ain't nothin' but a drum on a st…" turtlehead replied Jan 2, 2017 to sounds good but !	18	Jan 5, 2017 Reply by LongJohn
"Well then you might be good to go. I know on the goatskin heads I've used there is…" turtlehead replied Jan 2, 2017 to sounds good but !	18	Jan 5, 2017 Reply by LongJohn
"Cool banjo! Yeah, I'd say replacing that head would most likely fix you right up. …" turtlehead replied Jan 1, 2017 to sounds good but !	18	Jan 5, 2017 Reply by LongJohn
"I agree with everything that's been said, and to bring it back around to Robert's or…" turtlehead replied Dec 27, 2016 to There are no rules are there?	86	Jan 8, 2017 Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted

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turtlehead's Discussions (343)

"I'd say that's a good score darryl. Should look great on the right guitar."

"Yeah, I get the side eye and "you should build a regular guitar" sometimes, but what…"

"Just picked up my guitar to try it out and I think you're close. The scale is doubl…"

"I'll third that opinion and was going to link Cpt. Nemoff too. CBGs are tailor made…"

"This goes beyond fantastic and is just the type of thing that keeps it all moving fo…"

"Hi Jim - Ron "Oily" Sprague is the TAB converting maestro, hopefully he'll chime in…"

"And most modern banjo heads are Mylar too. A banjo ain't nothin' but a drum on a st…"

"Well then you might be good to go. I know on the goatskin heads I've used there is…"

"Cool banjo! Yeah, I'd say replacing that head would most likely fix you right up. …"

"I agree with everything that's been said, and to bring it back around to Robert's or…"

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