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Finally finished: 6 String Broom handle Cigar Box

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Dave passed away on Friday AM, 9/17/21. Thanks for all the well-wishers before and after his passing.

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Music Theory

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Pickup mounted in pan

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Shane Speal's Wood Shop Diary: The Essence of the Blues

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Minimum Required Tools?

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The hidden Volume pot, revealed

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Making flat pup/cat style pickups.

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Pickup info pasted on...

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6 String Broom Handle Cigar Box

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My Latest CBG Reso Build

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SHANE'S CHALLENGE: Let's Do Something Cool With Gus Cannon's First Banjo

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best structured lessons yet (and who the heck is fred?)!

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Tung oil/ paint compatibility

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Rocky Patel mocked up

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Chords

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Double Necked E-lectric Whachamacallit

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Building a Cigar Box guitar with no musical parts

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