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"Start with "Assume Nothing". I can't tell you how many times I beat my head against…" JL replied Jul 29, 2014 to Troubleshooting my first electric guitar build.	38	Aug 13, 2014 Reply by Amanda Potter
"What "Oily" said your junk guitars' bodies are likely much bigger than your cigar bo…" JL replied Jul 18, 2014 to Using a spare guitar neck for a CGB?	14	Jul 26, 2014 Reply by Mike M.
"Used hollow core doors $5-$10? sounds like an excellent way to get thin hardwood ven…" JL replied Jul 16, 2014 to Alternate material: Has anyone tried this?	12	Dec 31, 2014 Reply by Smoke
"John, I didn't see in here if you changed the volume POT wiring. The pickup wires go…" JL replied Jul 15, 2014 to single coil pick up problems.	35	Sep 14, 2014 Reply by John Sawyer
"One Idea here...looking at my commercial acoustic. (i know I will mess up the part n…" JL replied Jul 3, 2014 to Glue on Bridge	15	Jul 3, 2014 Reply by The Capo Kid
"soft fluffy material is good for stopping sound from reflecting off the surface it i…" JL replied Jun 20, 2014 to tin can feedback	12	Jun 20, 2014 Reply by Wayfinder
"volume issue: you should be able to get a lot of sound out of the piezo by tapping o…" JL replied Jun 10, 2014 to Dreaded HUMmmmmmm.....	13	Jun 10, 2014 Reply by JL
"As long as frets 12-17 can be comfortably used to play at the octave position i woul…" JL replied Jun 10, 2014 to Box size verses scale length ???	26	Jun 10, 2014 Reply by Jimbo Cawthron

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JL's Discussions (1,093)

"Start with "Assume Nothing". I can't tell you how many times I beat my head against…"

"What "Oily" said your junk guitars' bodies are likely much bigger than your cigar bo…"

"Used hollow core doors $5-$10? sounds like an excellent way to get thin hardwood ven…"

"John, I didn't see in here if you changed the volume POT wiring. The pickup wires go…"

"One Idea here...looking at my commercial acoustic. (i know I will mess up the part n…"

"soft fluffy material is good for stopping sound from reflecting off the surface it i…"

"volume issue: you should be able to get a lot of sound out of the piezo by tapping o…"

"As long as frets 12-17 can be comfortably used to play at the octave position i woul…"

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