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"Squalo, Did Filbo work out for you? Glad to see you got some wood for a neck. Lo…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Mar 9, 2012 to Pine necks ... again	22	May 1, 2012 Reply by mark bellamy
"Mark, Thanks for the Friend request, and the mp3 of "Watercolour;" it's now in rota…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 21, 2012 to pick ups	14	Feb 21, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Mark, No worries. Post a vid or sound clip of you playing something awesome on it;…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 20, 2012 to pick ups	14	Feb 21, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Mark, Take a lot of pics of the connections, and the guitar, and post them here; m…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 20, 2012 to pick ups	14	Feb 21, 2012 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Nick, Have you got any bar clamps, and a rather large, thick piece of wood? You co…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Dec 28, 2011 to What is the best way too fix a warped cigr box lid	5	Dec 28, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Nick, I've got one which was given to me recently, on which the lid was severely b…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Dec 28, 2011 to What is the best way too fix a warped cigr box lid	5	Dec 28, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Alex, Go to this link here on CBN: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/scaleleng…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Oct 11, 2011 to New to CBGs	2	Oct 11, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Hal, Very clean design and routing. I like it. That's not a problem, it's an und…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 20, 2011 to Fail to plan = plan to fail	8	Oct 5, 2011 Reply by Habanera Hal
"For a fretless, it's really a non-issue, as long as the strings don't hit the finger…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Sep 10, 2011 to Setup for a fretless slider	8	Sep 20, 2011 Reply by Chuck Dubman
"John, Properties of Willow Varied names: Black willow, white willow, crack willo…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 7, 2011 to Willow - any use for CBGs?	12	Aug 7, 2011 Reply by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw

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

"Squalo, Did Filbo work out for you? Glad to see you got some wood for a neck. Lo…"

"Mark, Thanks for the Friend request, and the mp3 of "Watercolour;" it's now in rota…"

"Mark, No worries. Post a vid or sound clip of you playing something awesome on it;…"

"Mark, Take a lot of pics of the connections, and the guitar, and post them here; m…"

"Nick, Have you got any bar clamps, and a rather large, thick piece of wood? You co…"

"Nick, I've got one which was given to me recently, on which the lid was severely b…"

"Alex, Go to this link here on CBN: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/scaleleng…"

"Hal, Very clean design and routing. I like it. That's not a problem, it's an und…"

"For a fretless, it's really a non-issue, as long as the strings don't hit the finger…"

"John, Properties of Willow Varied names: Black willow, white willow, crack willo…"

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