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"it is very nice!!" Matthew Borczon replied Jul 6, 2018 to Stinking Fish Guitar #7	4	Jul 6, 2018 Reply by Matthew Borczon
"The answer is just to keep on doing it my friend. Practice a lot and play when ever…" Matthew Borczon replied Jan 8, 2018 to For those who gig	10	Jan 13, 2018 Reply by bemuzic
"a cookie tin can make a convincing banjo head. Especially if you are not familiar wi…" Matthew Borczon replied Oct 12, 2017 to Banjo question	46	Oct 16, 2017 Reply by Titch the Clown
"just exactly how I felt. I play by my own rules, I take no prisoners I do no harm I…" Matthew Borczon replied Feb 10, 2017 to no rules thank God	27	Feb 23, 2017 Reply by JL
"lovely, but if you lean the dulcimer close to your body and hold the bow underhand y…" Matthew Borczon replied Jul 20, 2016 to Beautiful Sounds: Playing a Tennessee Music Box Dulcimer with a Violin Bow	2	Jul 20, 2016 Reply by Matthew Borczon
"I just built a 2 stringed one of these. If you look on my page it is in the video se…" Matthew Borczon replied Apr 9, 2016 to Please help how to build a 3 strings jouhikko / shetland gue / Talharpa ?? size etc............	23	Apr 9, 2016 Reply by Matthew Borczon
"ok so it took awhile, but I finally made one of these. Dead easy. I made a 2 stringe…" Matthew Borczon replied Apr 8, 2016 to Please help how to build a 3 strings jouhikko / shetland gue / Talharpa ?? size etc............	23	Apr 9, 2016 Reply by Matthew Borczon
"inspiring!! This should be on the front page of the site. People should hear the sto…" Matthew Borczon replied Jan 22, 2016 to "Seduced Into Crafting" - Shane Speal's impassioned speech on cigar box guitars	17	Jan 27, 2016 Reply by John Jordan
"that was fun, easy and enjoyable" Matthew Borczon replied Jan 12, 2016 to The Great CBG Survey of 2016	50	Feb 5, 2016 Reply by Thomas Morgan
"https://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/ you can use anything here. It is all available…" Matthew Borczon replied Dec 11, 2015 to CBG.UK Radio - We need your tunes!	147	Dec 14, 2015 Reply by Robert Killen

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Matthew Borczon's Discussions (194)

"it is very nice!!"

"The answer is just to keep on doing it my friend. Practice a lot and play when ever…"

"a cookie tin can make a convincing banjo head. Especially if you are not familiar wi…"

"just exactly how I felt. I play by my own rules, I take no prisoners I do no harm I…"

"lovely, but if you lean the dulcimer close to your body and hold the bow underhand y…"

"I just built a 2 stringed one of these. If you look on my page it is in the video se…"

"ok so it took awhile, but I finally made one of these. Dead easy. I made a 2 stringe…"

"inspiring!! This should be on the front page of the site. People should hear the sto…"

"that was fun, easy and enjoyable"

"https://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/ you can use anything here. It is all available…"

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