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At 2:48pm on November 3, 2013, Mr.C said…: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/rl-burnside-story-set-cigarbox-guitar
Watch this one

At 7:00am on October 25, 2013, Reeds Taylor said…: Alan.

I think if you were to go to Ebay and/or Etsy you could set and average price for your style build...and go from there. Just offering ideas. I been selling my rod peizo builds for 160.00 can....that's my general asking price....people don't seem to squabble over hat price too much..

At 4:01am on September 6, 2013, Uncle John said…: Cool. I have only used a piezo rod once. I've done a lot of disc piezos, but seem inclined to mag pups here recently. Will go check out that song that inspired Dirty Red.

At 2:54am on September 5, 2013, Uncle John said…: You are building some nice guitars!

At 1:07am on September 5, 2013, Bluesheart said…: Thanks and hello. Nice work you are doing. Don't let " Oily" fool you, he is a friggin' genius at this stuff!

At 4:21pm on August 13, 2013, Ron "Oily" Sprague said…: Alan,

Friend req accepted. I am by no means a building guru, more of a player; but after having been here on CBN for a coupla years, I have picked up a fair number of building tips. Ask away, and if I can't provide a decent answer, we'll find someone who can.

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