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"1. make urself a strummer, add a capo.. I got a video somewhere explains it all. I t…" The Phrygian Kid replied Oct 21, 2010 to Method for learning like the caged/escolator,scalator type method, but in open D	18	Oct 22, 2010 Reply by BenBob
"put it in a cigar box pedal, with a bypass switch, so u can use it on all ur axes wi…" The Phrygian Kid replied Oct 20, 2010 to $19 Active 5 position rotary tone pot. (Clean, Clean Boost, OD, Dist, Metal)	7	Oct 20, 2010 Reply by Turkish
"good on ya tower!! i guess u cant sell this one now huh" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 18, 2010 to Award winning Uke	4	Sep 18, 2010 Reply by HENRY LOWMAN
"congratulations, this is great" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 17, 2010 to My Lap Steel -Featured in the Fretboard Journal	33	Mar 4, 2011 Reply by Mark Lillo
"just rub a bit of pva glue in there mate, works great" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 11, 2010 to What finish should I use on box with both paper and wood?	45	Oct 6, 2010 Reply by Mark Bliss
"ive made lots of em.. u calculate the fretboard like usual, but u leave some frets o…" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 6, 2010 to diatonically fretted Cigar Box guitar	15	Sep 9, 2010 Reply by Diane in Chicago
"yep, good idea mate. u can always replace the saddle and nut later and revert to 4 s…" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 3, 2010 to What would you throw on a 19" 4 stringer resonator, and how would you tune it? It is a gift for 9 yo.	8	Sep 3, 2010 Reply by Fitzhugh
"Oh and btw... nylon strings work great on a resonator, just look at all those great…" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 3, 2010 to What would you throw on a 19" 4 stringer resonator, and how would you tune it? It is a gift for 9 yo.	8	Sep 3, 2010 Reply by Fitzhugh
"just because its a 4 string doesn't mean you need to put all four on there immediate…" The Phrygian Kid replied Sep 3, 2010 to What would you throw on a 19" 4 stringer resonator, and how would you tune it? It is a gift for 9 yo.	8	Sep 3, 2010 Reply by Fitzhugh
"usually its c6.. for a 6 string u omit the low e string and start with an A string..…" The Phrygian Kid replied Jul 30, 2010 to Hawiian tuning?	7	Aug 2, 2010 Reply by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny)

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The Phrygian Kid's Discussions (1,443)

"1. make urself a strummer, add a capo.. I got a video somewhere explains it all. I t…"

"put it in a cigar box pedal, with a bypass switch, so u can use it on all ur axes wi…"

"good on ya tower!! i guess u cant sell this one now huh"

"congratulations, this is great"

"just rub a bit of pva glue in there mate, works great"

"ive made lots of em.. u calculate the fretboard like usual, but u leave some frets o…"

"yep, good idea mate. u can always replace the saddle and nut later and revert to 4 s…"

"Oh and btw... nylon strings work great on a resonator, just look at all those great…"

"just because its a 4 string doesn't mean you need to put all four on there immediate…"

"usually its c6.. for a 6 string u omit the low e string and start with an A string..…"

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