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"Mr Hogg, Did you make any changes to the internal bracing for this convert to Steel…" L.J. replied Jun 8, 2012 to Pickup Question	13	Jan 31, 2014 Reply by the anonymous pick
"You make soundhole pickups? Or low profile pickups? I havent been around as much and…" L.J. replied Jun 8, 2012 to Pickup Question	13	Jan 31, 2014 Reply by the anonymous pick
"I hate 99.9% of piezos when it comes to tone and overall performance. If not going M…" L.J. replied Jun 8, 2012 to cheap but good way to make an electric CBG	10	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"I vote Lefty. Paint and clear coat can be funny on top of a cigar box. I have had it…" L.J. replied Jun 8, 2012 to What Kind Of Paint	32	Jun 22, 2012 Reply by jabes
"That would be awesome. I would love to see that happen." L.J. replied Jun 3, 2012 to Price Point	27	Jun 5, 2012 Reply by Josh Thompson
"This reply was for haves." L.J. replied Jun 3, 2012 to Price Point	27	Jun 5, 2012 Reply by Josh Thompson
"Jabes. Check out the videos in the how to play section. Gitty just added mine a week…" L.J. replied Jun 3, 2012 to Price Point	27	Jun 5, 2012 Reply by Josh Thompson
"When I started selling them I was mainly just trying to get money to buy tools and s…" L.J. replied Jun 3, 2012 to Price Point	27	Jun 5, 2012 Reply by Josh Thompson
"what size is it? Baritone? Can you make a quick video of it being played?" L.J. replied Sep 7, 2011 to 1920's martin uke for sale	6	Sep 8, 2011 Reply by the anonymous pick
"Jim Mitchell Builds some great stuff and he is less than an hour from Orlando. Cigar…" L.J. replied Sep 7, 2011 to looking for a CBG in orlando FL	11	Sep 7, 2011 Reply by L.J.

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L.J.'s Discussions (123)

"Mr Hogg, Did you make any changes to the internal bracing for this convert to Steel…"

"You make soundhole pickups? Or low profile pickups? I havent been around as much and…"

"I hate 99.9% of piezos when it comes to tone and overall performance. If not going M…"

"I vote Lefty. Paint and clear coat can be funny on top of a cigar box. I have had it…"

"That would be awesome. I would love to see that happen."

"This reply was for haves."

"Jabes. Check out the videos in the how to play section. Gitty just added mine a week…"

"When I started selling them I was mainly just trying to get money to buy tools and s…"

"what size is it? Baritone? Can you make a quick video of it being played?"

"Jim Mitchell Builds some great stuff and he is less than an hour from Orlando. Cigar…"

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