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"Don, Uncle crow builds his in less than an hour, I forget if they are fretted. Its a…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 30, 2013 to average build time for a typical fretted 3 string CBG?	85	Mar 14, 2015 Reply by Peter J Thorne
"Tom, yes, I was serious, just responding to the original post about box's. If your…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 30, 2013 to Paper or Wood?	58	Jan 30, 2013 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"Dan, I think he wants a used guitar so he has all the components and neck also. Don…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 30, 2013 to Happy New Cigarbox Guitar Day, sort of	17	Feb 7, 2013 Reply by Tom Drommond
"Careful with the thick clear finishes on the box, it may cause some change in sound,…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 24, 2013 to Paper or Wood?	58	Jan 30, 2013 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"The ragetty edges give it character, I like both though." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 23, 2013 to Paper or Wood?	58	Jan 30, 2013 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"I have a Grizzly tools 6" jointer and a craftsman surface planer. The 2 tools are a…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 21, 2013 to Portable Surface Planer, do you use one?	17	Jan 22, 2013 Reply by Mark Lindsay
"Check out grizzly tools, they haver a nice 14" bandsaw I would like. I use an old cr…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 21, 2013 to New Bandsaw?	11	Jan 22, 2013 Reply by Don Goguen
"The magic of music." MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 21, 2013 to Paper or Wood?	58	Jan 30, 2013 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 21, 2013 to Portable Surface Planer, do you use one?	17	Jan 22, 2013 Reply by Mark Lindsay
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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's Discussions (1,015)

"Don, Uncle crow builds his in less than an hour, I forget if they are fretted. Its a…"

"Tom, yes, I was serious, just responding to the original post about box's. If your…"

"Dan, I think he wants a used guitar so he has all the components and neck also. Don…"

"Careful with the thick clear finishes on the box, it may cause some change in sound,…"

"The ragetty edges give it character, I like both though."

"I have a Grizzly tools 6" jointer and a craftsman surface planer. The 2 tools are a…"

"Check out grizzly tools, they haver a nice 14" bandsaw I would like. I use an old cr…"

"The magic of music."

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