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"I also made a peruvian walnut fretboard. I used Gorilla Gel super glue to hold them…" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Loose frets	6	Aug 20, 2015 Reply by Blues Frog
"I have many instruments, including 8 CBGs. None are hanging on the wall. If I did ha…" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Wall Hangers............	11	Aug 20, 2015 Reply by Blues Frog
"My omly Pandora station is ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) for anyone who doesn't kno…" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Pandora (and similar on line radio stations) Choose your style of music for the station	2	Aug 20, 2015 Reply by Blues Frog
"My motivation comes from the anticipation of what kind of sound will come out of my…" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Motivation vs. Frustration	23	Oct 23, 2015 Reply by Tom T
"can you show the way you have it wired?" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to No Volume with out the Tone	9	Aug 23, 2015 Reply by The Capo Kid
"He looks like he died happy" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Hi. I'm "(insert name here) and I can't stop building CBGs"	40	Feb 27, 2016 Reply by Burt Philbrick
"I hadn't until you mentioned it. That might be a really cool idea. I've made many la…" Blues Frog replied Aug 20, 2015 to Hi. I'm "(insert name here) and I can't stop building CBGs"	40	Feb 27, 2016 Reply by Burt Philbrick
"Sure I can stop making them anytime I want. Then I would just go back to making my p…" Blues Frog replied Aug 19, 2015 to Hi. I'm "(insert name here) and I can't stop building CBGs"	40	Feb 27, 2016 Reply by Burt Philbrick
"Of course its possible to over think the diddley bow, or any other git.. If you want…" Blues Frog replied Aug 17, 2015 to possible to over think things	9	Aug 20, 2015 Reply by Goldsmithexile
"using CB gitty string set on the resonator, DGBD .034, .026, .017, .013. works well…" Blues Frog replied Aug 17, 2015 to 4 string sugestions	13	Aug 21, 2015 Reply by A.D.EKER

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Blues Frog's Discussions (396)

"I also made a peruvian walnut fretboard. I used Gorilla Gel super glue to hold them…"

"I have many instruments, including 8 CBGs. None are hanging on the wall. If I did ha…"

"My omly Pandora station is ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) for anyone who doesn't kno…"

"My motivation comes from the anticipation of what kind of sound will come out of my…"

"can you show the way you have it wired?"

"He looks like he died happy"

"I hadn't until you mentioned it. That might be a really cool idea. I've made many la…"

"Sure I can stop making them anytime I want. Then I would just go back to making my p…"

"Of course its possible to over think the diddley bow, or any other git.. If you want…"

"using CB gitty string set on the resonator, DGBD .034, .026, .017, .013. works well…"

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