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"Thanks Hogs, I'll give them a look. -JD " David English replied May 1, 2011 to Bolt-on necks.	8	May 4, 2011 Reply by HOGS GRUNT
"It is not so much the scale length I was worried about. I haven't set up the neck y…" David English replied Apr 24, 2011 to Resonator bridge placement.	3	Apr 25, 2011 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"Hey AFKAM, What's the word on trussrods? JD " David English replied Apr 20, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!" David English replied Apr 20, 2011 to Two Words. Diddley Bow.	8	Apr 20, 2011 Reply by David English
"Strings and Things? So I was looking at strings on Gitty and they sell a couple of o…" David English replied Apr 17, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"Hey Rand, Thanks for the info. Pictures were great! I decided to go with the econom…" David English replied Apr 15, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"I'm sure one of you professionals around here has some string info. I was wondering…" David English replied Apr 15, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"Ok new question. I'm reading around on it but you guys are so quick to reply I thoug…" David English replied Apr 14, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"JACKPOT! So today, after having done much research on box size and sound, I went b…" David English replied Apr 13, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill
"Just checked out the videos. Good stuff. Cleared up alot of questions. Thanks! " David English replied Apr 12, 2011 to Don't know what I'm doing.	50	Feb 23, 2014 Reply by Richard G Caudill

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David English's Discussions (30)

"Thanks Hogs, I'll give them a look. -JD "

"It is not so much the scale length I was worried about. I haven't set up the neck y…"

"Hey AFKAM, What's the word on trussrods? JD "

"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!"

"Strings and Things? So I was looking at strings on Gitty and they sell a couple of o…"

"Hey Rand, Thanks for the info. Pictures were great! I decided to go with the econom…"

"I'm sure one of you professionals around here has some string info. I was wondering…"

"Ok new question. I'm reading around on it but you guys are so quick to reply I thoug…"

"JACKPOT! So today, after having done much research on box size and sound, I went b…"

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