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"EBE is less tension..."

micky rooney replied Oct 21 to Is EBE tuning more tension or less?

 4 Oct 24
Reply by Warren Williams

"ChickenBoneJohn has a good video on grounding strings on YouTube..."

micky rooney replied May 18 to Earthing Strings

 7 May 18
Reply by mitch jones

"I second what the anonymous pick suggested.I would go with a rod piezo in a bridge u…"

micky rooney replied Mar 10, 2018 to Canjo pickup

 5 Mar 12, 2018
Reply by Erasmo Coco

"Looks good enough to be in the Tate gallery..."

micky rooney replied Jan 11, 2016 to Can I cover my build with cloth?

 40 Jan 12, 2016
Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear

"If it's an electric lapsteel and the strings don't touch the fretboard,you can cover…"

micky rooney replied Jan 7, 2016 to Can I cover my build with cloth?

 40 Jan 12, 2016
Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear

"Playing slide and finger fretting on a fretted neck is a compromise.Some players don…"

micky rooney replied Oct 7, 2015 to slide guitar and nut height

 4 Oct 7, 2015
Reply by Ian Dickson

"Hullo Mike.You can buy purpose made latches of all different shapes and sizes on Eba…"

micky rooney replied Mar 21, 2015 to Latch ideas?

 19 Mar 23, 2015
Reply by Dave Steingart

"Start simple and keep it simple is my motto and my advice.To get some experience wit…"

micky rooney replied Sep 7, 2014 to Newby CBG builder questions

 22 Nov 16, 2014
Reply by John Sawyer

"I'll give that a try,Rob.So many CBG'S to do,so little time! It's a true addiction..…"

micky rooney replied Aug 5, 2014 to Decoupage...

 12 Aug 10, 2014
Reply by MadGomer

"'I'm going to use PVA glue,Sean which I've been told is one of the best things to us…"

micky rooney replied Aug 5, 2014 to Decoupage...

 12 Aug 10, 2014
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Magnetic Pickups - What's good

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I'm gonna need help...

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Building my first CBG....

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About neck thru....

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Fretted....

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Connecting a guitar jack?

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Fretting for beginners

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Adjusting the action on a cbg 3 string.

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Tuner and nut question.

Started by Bill. Last reply by Gus K Nov 6. 12 Replies

My first, thank you for your advice.

Started by Bill. Last reply by Bill Nov 6. 15 Replies

Help with first tuning procedure.

Started by James Pobog. Last reply by Mark Bliss Nov 6. 3 Replies

Too far gone??

Started by T-Gripped. Last reply by Mark Bliss Nov 6. 7 Replies

Pickup query

Started by Arthur Payne. Last reply by Arthur Payne Nov 6. 11 Replies

Newbie question about marking frets.

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