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"Guitar kits are for the tinkerer in all of us. Something that can be put together an…" Cause the Blue rat replied Jan 16, 2020 to Guitar kits	10	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by Paul Craig
"Nice playing Taffy! I belong to 46 different facebook groups. Everything to the fan…" Cause the Blue rat replied Jan 6, 2020 to An experiment.....	4	Jan 7, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"It's Ning in general. that's why there are times when you go to post your in dos. Yo…" Cause the Blue rat replied Jan 4, 2020 to The new photos widget is driving me nuts	22	Jan 10, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Totally awesome Jon. Looking forward to hearing good news when you get your new harn…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 31, 2019 to Need wiring help box bucker 2.0	21	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"Are you fretted or fretless? If your fretless then forget about the 25.5 scale lengt…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 31, 2019 to where oh where do i put the saddle?	5	Jan 5, 2020 Reply by Paul scofield
"Totally awesome Taffy! Thanks! The middle variation looks like they were trying to g…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 30, 2019 to Need wiring help box bucker 2.0	21	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"Sorry should have added this to the above post. Modern tone pot wiring has the tone…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 30, 2019 to Need wiring help box bucker 2.0	21	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"Taff, I only know of two ways to wire a tone pot. Both cap wiring for modern and 195…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 30, 2019 to Need wiring help box bucker 2.0	21	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"OK After looking at what's on their wed site. And taking a good look at your picture…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 29, 2019 to Need wiring help box bucker 2.0	21	Dec 31, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
"The only reason to have steal is if you are using a magnetic pickup. If you like and…" Cause the Blue rat replied Dec 28, 2019 to Nylon strings	1	Dec 28, 2019 Reply by Cause the Blue rat

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Cause the Blue rat's Discussions (1,554)

"Guitar kits are for the tinkerer in all of us. Something that can be put together an…"

"Nice playing Taffy! I belong to 46 different facebook groups. Everything to the fan…"

"It's Ning in general. that's why there are times when you go to post your in dos. Yo…"

"Totally awesome Jon. Looking forward to hearing good news when you get your new harn…"

"Are you fretted or fretless? If your fretless then forget about the 25.5 scale lengt…"

"Totally awesome Taffy! Thanks! The middle variation looks like they were trying to g…"

"Sorry should have added this to the above post. Modern tone pot wiring has the tone…"

"Taff, I only know of two ways to wire a tone pot. Both cap wiring for modern and 195…"

"OK After looking at what's on their wed site. And taking a good look at your picture…"

"The only reason to have steal is if you are using a magnetic pickup. If you like and…"

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