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"Respect to our Aussie Diggers and our great American allies.....well played and sung" Graeme L replied May 26, 2017 to VIDEO: Ben "Gitty" Baker - "The Band Played Walzing Matilda"	12	May 25, 2019 Reply by dUTCH wIGMAN
"Can someone put some pictures up of the dowels installed so us "non dowel" users can…" Graeme L replied Aug 12, 2015 to Time to go>Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building ?	25	Nov 12, 2015 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Boy this is a great question, I have built about 15 CBG's so far and have always had…" Graeme L replied Aug 11, 2015 to Neck touching inside of box lid...yes or no?	18	Aug 12, 2015 Reply by mr lems
"I recently had a few loose frets and after reading another thread on here I decided…" Graeme L replied Aug 11, 2015 to Loose frets	6	Aug 20, 2015 Reply by Blues Frog
"I cut my scarf joints on my bandsaw and then clean it up as much as possible with a…" Graeme L replied Aug 8, 2015 to scarfing without power tools	27	Aug 8, 2015 Reply by Graeme L
"I cut my scarf joints on my bandsaw and then clean it up as much as possible with a…" Graeme L replied Aug 8, 2015 to scarfing without power tools	27	Aug 8, 2015 Reply by Graeme L
"Danish oil for me, 2 or 3 coats leaves the neck so silky smooth....." Graeme L replied Jul 24, 2015 to danish oil, tung oil?	28	Jul 30, 2015 Reply by TN Twang
"Wow, this what I love about this site, the info gleaned from so many people is inval…" Graeme L replied Jul 16, 2015 to Time to go>Super Advanced Cigar Box Guitar Building ?	25	Nov 12, 2015 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Liking the thinking behind some of the various "sealing" of the CBG's...........I st…" Graeme L replied Jul 11, 2015 to CBG building "hacks"	50	Aug 9, 2016 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"Wow, thanks Mark. That pickup looks rather interesting! Just an interesting observ…" Graeme L replied Jul 10, 2015 to Help me fix my mistake! Sharpie touch-up on vintage box.	31	Jul 11, 2015 Reply by Slide ---on Steve

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Graeme L's Discussions (21)

"Respect to our Aussie Diggers and our great American allies.....well played and sung"

"Can someone put some pictures up of the dowels installed so us "non dowel" users can…"

"Boy this is a great question, I have built about 15 CBG's so far and have always had…"

"I recently had a few loose frets and after reading another thread on here I decided…"

"I cut my scarf joints on my bandsaw and then clean it up as much as possible with a…"

"I cut my scarf joints on my bandsaw and then clean it up as much as possible with a…"

"Danish oil for me, 2 or 3 coats leaves the neck so silky smooth....."

"Wow, this what I love about this site, the info gleaned from so many people is inval…"

"Liking the thinking behind some of the various "sealing" of the CBG's...........I st…"

"Wow, thanks Mark. That pickup looks rather interesting! Just an interesting observ…"

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