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"This may sound strange, but my approach to this was to find an ugly tie at the thrif…" Tommy Phillips replied May 31, 2017 to Balancing the CBG in your lap...	17	Jun 8, 2017 Reply by the anonymous pick
"On my first CBG, I wasn't happy with the sound until the third set of strings. If yo…" Tommy Phillips replied Apr 27, 2017 to Need advice	7	Apr 27, 2017 Reply by Dave Lynas
"Oh, thank you for that picture, that just makes my head spin. Do you have a recordi…" Tommy Phillips replied Sep 28, 2016 to Anybody have a need for 1st and 2nd strings?	18	Sep 28, 2016 Reply by Blues Frog
"Fomhorach, can you elaborate? First, if you are saying "Diddly bows are for kids," I…" Tommy Phillips replied Sep 28, 2016 to Anybody have a need for 1st and 2nd strings?	18	Sep 28, 2016 Reply by Blues Frog
"So, are you buying six-string sets? Is that why you have a collection of extras? I'…" Tommy Phillips replied Sep 28, 2016 to Anybody have a need for 1st and 2nd strings?	18	Sep 28, 2016 Reply by Blues Frog
"I will be at the B&N Mini Maker Faire at 120th and Washington in Thornton, CO, w…" Tommy Phillips replied Nov 6, 2015 to Barnes & Noble Bookstore Mini Maker Faire	1	Nov 6, 2015 Reply by Tommy Phillips
"By "steel wire" do you mean something like picture hanger wire? If so, watch out fo…" Tommy Phillips replied Oct 9, 2015 to GBD tuning	8	Oct 13, 2015 Reply by JL
""Maker" is certainly appropriate in my case, since I first heard of CBGs in Make Mag…" Tommy Phillips replied Jun 30, 2015 to Can we call ourselves luthiers?	119	Jul 27, 2015 Reply by Goldsmithexile
"I just recently finished a blog post on a similar topic: the difference between art…" Tommy Phillips replied Jun 30, 2015 to Can we call ourselves luthiers?	119	Jul 27, 2015 Reply by Goldsmithexile
"I was already planning to see this film again, just for the layers and layers of ner…" Tommy Phillips replied Jun 16, 2015 to Famous C BG builder in a New Movie	2	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by 3 String Blues

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Tommy Phillips's Discussions (43)

"This may sound strange, but my approach to this was to find an ugly tie at the thrif…"

"On my first CBG, I wasn't happy with the sound until the third set of strings. If yo…"

"Oh, thank you for that picture, that just makes my head spin. Do you have a recordi…"

"Fomhorach, can you elaborate? First, if you are saying "Diddly bows are for kids," I…"

"So, are you buying six-string sets? Is that why you have a collection of extras? I'…"

"I will be at the B&N Mini Maker Faire at 120th and Washington in Thornton, CO, w…"

"By "steel wire" do you mean something like picture hanger wire? If so, watch out fo…"

""Maker" is certainly appropriate in my case, since I first heard of CBGs in Make Mag…"

"I just recently finished a blog post on a similar topic: the difference between art…"

"I was already planning to see this film again, just for the layers and layers of ner…"

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