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"Great look!" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Dec 26, 2014 to My first Diddley Bow	7	Dec 30, 2014 Reply by Matthew Borczon
"Nice! My first build was a drawer screwed on to a piece a banister with eyebolts for…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Nov 28, 2014 to First build - Punch box	5	Nov 28, 2014 Reply by Muddy Creek Guitars
"The Don Tomas boxes look and sound great! You're off to a good start. Remember, ther…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Oct 21, 2014 to First Build Chronicles	16	Nov 5, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"When I did this with a class, the lunch ladies saved back tin cans for me. I got 8 f…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Oct 14, 2014 to Building 74 CBGs... Advice to keep prices down but quality up?	12	Oct 14, 2014 Reply by Jason Rasmussen
"The length past the bridge won't effect anything. Just be careful of the angle. If t…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Oct 6, 2014 to Placing strings with loop ends on them	1	Oct 6, 2014 Reply by Muddy Creek Guitars
"It sounds better than it looks, which isn't saying much. People are always surprised…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Oct 3, 2014 to building electric diddley bow need help!!!!	68	Oct 10, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"Mine's a bit simpler. There's a piezo in the Altoids tin. http://www.cigarboxnation…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Oct 2, 2014 to building electric diddley bow need help!!!!	68	Oct 10, 2014 Reply by robert jones
"If you wish to build the nut up, mix super glue with baking soda. Put it on top of t…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Aug 26, 2014 to Need advice on fixing my nut	9	Aug 26, 2014 Reply by wormil
"On my fretless guitars, I don't mark every fret. I mark the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Aug 20, 2014 to A couple more questions.	7	Aug 20, 2014 Reply by Slowpaw Steve T
"I can't read a schematic, but the amp kits from C. B. Gitty come with a regular pict…" Muddy Creek Guitars replied Aug 17, 2014 to Cigar box amp help	12	Sep 9, 2014 Reply by wes carl

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Muddy Creek Guitars's Discussions (122)

"Great look!"

"Nice! My first build was a drawer screwed on to a piece a banister with eyebolts for…"

"The Don Tomas boxes look and sound great! You're off to a good start. Remember, ther…"

"When I did this with a class, the lunch ladies saved back tin cans for me. I got 8 f…"

"The length past the bridge won't effect anything. Just be careful of the angle. If t…"

"It sounds better than it looks, which isn't saying much. People are always surprised…"

"Mine's a bit simpler. There's a piezo in the Altoids tin. http://www.cigarboxnation…"

"If you wish to build the nut up, mix super glue with baking soda. Put it on top of t…"

"On my fretless guitars, I don't mark every fret. I mark the 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and…"

"I can't read a schematic, but the amp kits from C. B. Gitty come with a regular pict…"

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