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"I'm with Brian, I suspect the bridge might not be set correctly. The bass string sid…" Korrigan replied Oct 23, 2020 to Need help with some tuning issues	6	Oct 24, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Looks like the string core broke (but is probably still held to the tuner by the out…" Korrigan replied Oct 21, 2020 to What's with the strings?	3	Oct 21, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"This is the correct link. " Korrigan replied Sep 27, 2020 to guitar quality checks for builders and buyers	2	Sep 27, 2020 Reply by Max Dickinson
"Clever fix Taff, nice work!" Korrigan replied Sep 11, 2020 to Giving guitars new life	4	Sep 13, 2020 Reply by Timothy Hunter
"The number of frets and/or length of the neck doesn't change anything... it's still…" Korrigan replied Aug 24, 2020 to Alternate tuning for long box	4	Aug 25, 2020 Reply by Brent Kasl
"So what you have now is: .042@E2 = 15 Lbs .034@B2 = 22 Lbs .024@E3 = 20 Lbs What yo…" Korrigan replied Aug 24, 2020 to String tension question ...again :)	5	Aug 30, 2020 Reply by Dale
"It depends how much tension you want. I calculate that a plain steel 0.064 (the midd…" Korrigan replied Aug 20, 2020 to Correct string gauge	10	Aug 22, 2020 Reply by Greg Turner
"Sounds like you got a defective volume pot. MGB's customer service is amazing, conta…" Korrigan replied Aug 13, 2020 to Volume control	9	Aug 14, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Well, it looks like you have acoustic strings on it instead of electric strings so y…" Korrigan replied Jun 25, 2020 to Puny box	15	Jul 16, 2020 Reply by the anonymous pick
"Seems like every few months this site has problems, which Is why I switched to using…" Korrigan replied Mar 9, 2020 to The site is bonkers this morning	17	Mar 26, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans

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Korrigan's Discussions (448)

"I'm with Brian, I suspect the bridge might not be set correctly. The bass string sid…"

"Looks like the string core broke (but is probably still held to the tuner by the out…"

"This is the correct link. "

"Clever fix Taff, nice work!"

"The number of frets and/or length of the neck doesn't change anything... it's still…"

"So what you have now is: .042@E2 = 15 Lbs .034@B2 = 22 Lbs .024@E3 = 20 Lbs What yo…"

"It depends how much tension you want. I calculate that a plain steel 0.064 (the midd…"

"Sounds like you got a defective volume pot. MGB's customer service is amazing, conta…"

"Well, it looks like you have acoustic strings on it instead of electric strings so y…"

"Seems like every few months this site has problems, which Is why I switched to using…"

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