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"You are at Home Depot and check out with a dozen shower strainers." lawntrout guitars replied Nov 14, 2016 to You might be a cbg builder if....	25	Feb 13, 2017 Reply by Timothy Hunter
"THANKS!! Thats exactly what I needed. I couldn't figure out what that third wire wa…" lawntrout guitars replied Nov 12, 2016 to Pre amp wiring problem	6	Nov 15, 2016 Reply by JL
"Your string height may be too high and when the strings are pressed down they go sha…" lawntrout guitars replied Nov 11, 2016 to Issue with frets	32	Nov 12, 2016 Reply by Taffy Evans
"JL thanks for the diagram. This will help with triming the piezo and also shows that…" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 10, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars
"Good idea" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 7, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars
"I guess that my option. I was hoping to just glue it to the inside :-( " lawntrout guitars replied Oct 6, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars
"Its a bolt and nut at the bridge. I have several sizes to get the action right. I al…" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 6, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars
"here is a video of a couple of folks who stopped by my booth at the sunday artisans…" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 4, 2016 to UKETOBERFEST Submissions page - Win $75 CBGitty Gift Certificate	136	Oct 16, 2016 Reply by Doug Thorsvik
"thanks ron" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 4, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars
"thanks scott" lawntrout guitars replied Oct 4, 2016 to Location of rod Piezo	24	Oct 10, 2016 Reply by lawntrout guitars

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lawntrout guitars's Discussions (35)

"You are at Home Depot and check out with a dozen shower strainers."

"THANKS!! Thats exactly what I needed. I couldn't figure out what that third wire wa…"

"Your string height may be too high and when the strings are pressed down they go sha…"

"JL thanks for the diagram. This will help with triming the piezo and also shows that…"

"Good idea"

"I guess that my option. I was hoping to just glue it to the inside :-( "

"Its a bolt and nut at the bridge. I have several sizes to get the action right. I al…"

"here is a video of a couple of folks who stopped by my booth at the sunday artisans…"

"thanks ron"

"thanks scott"

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