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"I blame Red Dog." SlowHound replied Feb 11, 2019 to HTF did you get the CBG addiction.	83	Jun 22, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"These guys nail the Emmet Otter sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9of9h1rZy4 " SlowHound replied Nov 5, 2018 to Jim Hensons's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.	7	Dec 16, 2018 Reply by Uncle John
"Thanks for the update Dan. Keep the faith. Lots of people are pulling for you. " SlowHound replied May 7, 2017 to My battle with cancer	6	May 9, 2017 Reply by Derek Rose
"What Jim and Ron said. If custom is the route then Pick's the man. Best value for th…" SlowHound replied Feb 12, 2017 to Anniversary gift - build or buy?	15	Feb 13, 2017 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"If I had to choose at this very moment." SlowHound replied Oct 25, 2016 to Show us your number one stringed instrument. The one you would choose if you could have only one. You can put more than one in the photo, but put number one on the left.	159	Nov 17, 2016 Reply by Garth Fink
"I'm with Jim. Changes daily. It may be the one I'm about to finish...just don't know…" SlowHound replied Oct 25, 2016 to Show us your number one stringed instrument. The one you would choose if you could have only one. You can put more than one in the photo, but put number one on the left.	159	Nov 17, 2016 Reply by Garth Fink
"I could go for some folkedelic improvisational, with a little techno in F#. But anyt…" SlowHound replied Apr 3, 2016 to Who wants some jam tracks?	29	May 8, 2016 Reply by turtlehead
"Answered everything. Besides tunings (never heard most) the two "how many have you b…" SlowHound replied Jan 12, 2016 to The Great CBG Survey of 2016	50	Feb 5, 2016 Reply by Thomas Morgan
"I prefer to improvise and just go with it. Usually starting with a simple riff then…" SlowHound replied Oct 9, 2015 to What do most CBN guys and gals prefer to learn?	9	Oct 10, 2015 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"First, I have three builds from Chris and they're top notch (actually owe you a vide…" SlowHound replied Sep 27, 2015 to World Tour	8	Oct 2, 2015 Reply by Chris Carlson

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SlowHound's Discussions (146)

"I blame Red Dog."

"These guys nail the Emmet Otter sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9of9h1rZy4 "

"Thanks for the update Dan. Keep the faith. Lots of people are pulling for you. "

"What Jim and Ron said. If custom is the route then Pick's the man. Best value for th…"

"If I had to choose at this very moment."

"I'm with Jim. Changes daily. It may be the one I'm about to finish...just don't know…"

"I could go for some folkedelic improvisational, with a little techno in F#. But anyt…"

"Answered everything. Besides tunings (never heard most) the two "how many have you b…"

"I prefer to improvise and just go with it. Usually starting with a simple riff then…"

"First, I have three builds from Chris and they're top notch (actually owe you a vide…"

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