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"See Justin Johnsons GETTING PERFECT INTONATION ON A CIGAR BOX GUITAR https://www.yo…" David Bowes replied Jan 13, 2017 to 1st Build Help	11	Jan 17, 2017 Reply by Fomhorach
"I turned an old hard drive into a guitar " David Bowes replied Jan 2, 2017 to Hack an Old External Hard Drive Into a Mini Disc Sander!	26	Jan 3, 2017 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Nice I like it, it looks cool!" David Bowes replied Dec 24, 2016 to just made this....	14	Dec 30, 2016 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"JL Thanks for the advice. Orchstralstrigs are expensive so it look like I will go wi…" David Bowes replied Dec 20, 2016 to Double bass	8	Dec 20, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Thanks, Jim." David Bowes replied Dec 20, 2016 to Double bass	8	Dec 20, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Jim What strings did you use?" David Bowes replied Dec 19, 2016 to Double bass	8	Dec 20, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Jim Thanks for the advice, she wants to use a bow so I will bee to radius the fretbo…" David Bowes replied Dec 19, 2016 to Double bass	8	Dec 20, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Thanks to you to all for the advice. If I used standard guitar strings (as I have th…" David Bowes replied Dec 19, 2016 to Ukelele Build	5	Dec 20, 2016 Reply by Lane Martin
"t.ichael Thanks for the reply, I think I have resolved it. Your hubcap looks a lot n…" David Bowes replied Aug 25, 2016 to Hubcap build help.	12	Aug 25, 2016 Reply by Blues Frog
"Hubcap dropped and thicker fret board added." David Bowes replied Aug 22, 2016 to B	4	Aug 22, 2016 Reply by David Bowes

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David Bowes's Discussions (151)

"See Justin Johnsons GETTING PERFECT INTONATION ON A CIGAR BOX GUITAR https://www.yo…"

"I turned an old hard drive into a guitar "

"Nice I like it, it looks cool!"

"JL Thanks for the advice. Orchstralstrigs are expensive so it look like I will go wi…"

"Thanks, Jim."

"Jim What strings did you use?"

"Jim Thanks for the advice, she wants to use a bow so I will bee to radius the fretbo…"

"Thanks to you to all for the advice. If I used standard guitar strings (as I have th…"

"t.ichael Thanks for the reply, I think I have resolved it. Your hubcap looks a lot n…"

"Hubcap dropped and thicker fret board added."

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