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"In my experience, my first build had a tall bridge and a low action nut which made a…" ILL GREEN replied Feb 15, 2021 to Guitar sounds muted/dead with fingers down. Advice?	6	Feb 22, 2021 Reply by Carl Floyd
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"I have mastered 4 pole P90 pickups. 42 AWG or even 43 AWG are your typical manufactu…" ILL GREEN replied Sep 17, 2020 to Trying to make as much as possiblel.	6	Sep 19, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Been a while, but I've been busy with my job and my music. Things are cool now, than…" ILL GREEN replied Sep 13, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"Depends if its a stereo or mono jack. The two small pins are your positive, both ne…" ILL GREEN replied Jun 5, 2019 to Jack/Strap Combo	2	Jun 5, 2019 Reply by ILL GREEN
"I'd use acrylic-lacquer spray. Dries in minutes, so you can layer maybe 6 or 7 coats…" ILL GREEN replied May 6, 2019 to Lacquer on antique box?	15	May 11, 2019 Reply by Bob Herget
"I always try make a tight fit. If the diameter is 1 inch I try to make a 15/16 hole…" ILL GREEN replied May 4, 2019 to Securing screened grommets for sound hole?	5	May 21, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"Yeah, I think they were doing a maintenance today because the site was down for a fe…" ILL GREEN replied May 3, 2019 to The new photos widget is driving me nuts	22	Jan 10, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Right now, almost done with the 7 guitars I'm building. 1 is top priorty because my…" ILL GREEN replied May 2, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd

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ILL GREEN's Discussions (111)

"In my experience, my first build had a tall bridge and a low action nut which made a…"

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"I have mastered 4 pole P90 pickups. 42 AWG or even 43 AWG are your typical manufactu…"

"Been a while, but I've been busy with my job and my music. Things are cool now, than…"

"Depends if its a stereo or mono jack. The two small pins are your positive, both ne…"

"I'd use acrylic-lacquer spray. Dries in minutes, so you can layer maybe 6 or 7 coats…"

"I always try make a tight fit. If the diameter is 1 inch I try to make a 15/16 hole…"

"Yeah, I think they were doing a maintenance today because the site was down for a fe…"

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