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"What Marty said. You need some structure between the neck and tailpiece. The empty b…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Dec 10, 2013 to Ashton box fumble

 6 Dec 15, 2013
Reply by Marty O

"Gotta agree with that...Great picture!"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Nov 11, 2013 to Looking for a box with a dragon in the label

 19 Dec 12, 2013
Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee

"You can print the label on paper and stick it to the box using lacquer too. Works ni…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Nov 10, 2013 to Looking for a box with a dragon in the label

 19 Dec 12, 2013
Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee

"Or just search Dragons. Lots of cool pictures to make your own. https://www.google.…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Nov 10, 2013 to Looking for a box with a dragon in the label

 19 Dec 12, 2013
Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee

"Here's some more searches that had dragons. Google is you friend. https://www.googl…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Nov 10, 2013 to Looking for a box with a dragon in the label

 19 Dec 12, 2013
Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee

"You can try finding and printing your own label. The google search has lots of pictu…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Nov 10, 2013 to Looking for a box with a dragon in the label

 19 Dec 12, 2013
Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee

"I think you will find it is not that much of a problem once you get used to it. I ha…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Aug 3, 2013 to string length 20 inches?

 5 Aug 3, 2013
Reply by Thomas "Duck" Petry

""Down by the river, sitting under a big Oak tree, with my CBG and a glass of iced te…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jul 27, 2013 to Newbie

 20 Jul 27, 2013
Reply by Dan Moslander

"Q1 Yes... Q2 Build it... Q3 Whatever sounds good to you... Q4 We are all a bit ma…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jul 26, 2013 to Twin neck..more a question than anything

 6 Aug 1, 2013
Reply by Order99

"Hey Harley, I have built most of my CBGs with a 25.5" scale length, but I did build…"

Thomas "Duck" Petry replied Jul 25, 2013 to string length 20 inches?

 5 Aug 3, 2013
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