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"Paint can lid with itty bitty holes drilled into it. Rustificate it!" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2017 to To much HOLE	10	Sep 18, 2017 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"See? Feel free to fret purplously!" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2017 to		just now
"Let's put this all in perspective. How many of you married a perfect woman (or man)?…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 11, 2017 to		just now
"Tom got most of this, but as in any endeavor, the more you know, the less you know.…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 4, 2017 to Q's: Necessity of Fretboard, Using Fretting Scale Length Template, Using Miter Box	17	Sep 9, 2017 Reply by M B
"Use a rotary arm sprinkler head: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?produ…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 3, 2017 to Back to the CBG Shop for Something New	24	Sep 4, 2017 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"Well, now you've decided on paint lids. Lemme toss another idea at you: cut down Fol…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 31, 2017 to Back to the CBG Shop for Something New	24	Sep 4, 2017 Reply by Bad Finger (Eric)
"The first one's free...muahahaha" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 27, 2017 to Newbie just arrived	7	Aug 29, 2017 Reply by JL
"Woo Hoo! Can't wait to see it..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 20, 2017 to Working with a cross slice of a tree trunk	21	Aug 24, 2017 Reply by David L.
"What sort of venues will you be playing? Indoors or outside? Blues, rock, acoustic /…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 20, 2017 to Looking for an amp.	8	Aug 22, 2017 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"David, Dat's purty! Pleezpleezpleeeeeeez do a gunstock or Tru-Oil finish!!!" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 19, 2017 to Working with a cross slice of a tree trunk	21	Aug 24, 2017 Reply by David L.

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Ron "Oily" Sprague's Discussions (3,185)

"Paint can lid with itty bitty holes drilled into it. Rustificate it!"

"See? Feel free to fret purplously!"

"Let's put this all in perspective. How many of you married a perfect woman (or man)?…"

"Tom got most of this, but as in any endeavor, the more you know, the less you know.…"

"Use a rotary arm sprinkler head: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?produ…"

"Well, now you've decided on paint lids. Lemme toss another idea at you: cut down Fol…"

"The first one's free...muahahaha"

"Woo Hoo! Can't wait to see it..."

"What sort of venues will you be playing? Indoors or outside? Blues, rock, acoustic /…"

"David, Dat's purty! Pleezpleezpleeeeeeez do a gunstock or Tru-Oil finish!!!"