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"Didn't buy the umbilical cord story, huh? The first box I built said 'Fine Cut Tobac…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Sep 2, 2019 to Where or How did you come up with your handle (nickname)	37	Oct 6, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"Unfortunate umbilical cord incident. :-)" Rough Cut Guitars replied Sep 2, 2019 to Where or How did you come up with your handle (nickname)	37	Oct 6, 2019 Reply by Blues Frog
"Yeah, my fingers are too long anyway, always getting in the way... :-) Great questio…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Sep 2, 2019 to When will you stop building?	44	Sep 2, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"Well, I've already taken half an inch off two fingers and I'm building through a pin…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Sep 1, 2019 to When will you stop building?	44	Sep 2, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"I'm really late to the party Michael, but do you have any packing tape lying around?…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Jun 8, 2019 to Protect this painted box ?	21	Jul 2, 2019 Reply by Vicki Gibson
"Beautiful work all the way around Bruce! I never weigh in on how to build - starts t…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Jun 8, 2019 to Headless three string building and playing. What I learned.	15	Jun 12, 2019 Reply by Bruce Young
"Hey Paul, Thanks for jumping in. That's a real conversion and some clever stringing.…" Rough Cut Guitars replied May 28, 2019 to Dulci-tar stringing: wound or plain 'a'	3	May 28, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Thanks Timothy. I get the red Reply button here, but not under comments posted to vi…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Feb 9, 2019 to Replying to comments	3	Feb 9, 2019 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"Dropped it in a cup of bleach :-) And spot-on: Resourcefulness is the building block…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Feb 28, 2016 to bone nuts	13	Mar 2, 2016 Reply by Bama Hound
"Funny story about that. I built a cb dulcimer for a friend in France and took it the…" Rough Cut Guitars replied Feb 25, 2016 to bone nuts	13	Mar 2, 2016 Reply by Bama Hound

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Rough Cut Guitars's Discussions (49)

"Didn't buy the umbilical cord story, huh? The first box I built said 'Fine Cut Tobac…"

"Unfortunate umbilical cord incident. :-)"

"Yeah, my fingers are too long anyway, always getting in the way... :-) Great questio…"

"Well, I've already taken half an inch off two fingers and I'm building through a pin…"

"I'm really late to the party Michael, but do you have any packing tape lying around?…"

"Beautiful work all the way around Bruce! I never weigh in on how to build - starts t…"

"Hey Paul, Thanks for jumping in. That's a real conversion and some clever stringing.…"

"Thanks Timothy. I get the red Reply button here, but not under comments posted to vi…"

"Dropped it in a cup of bleach :-) And spot-on: Resourcefulness is the building block…"

"Funny story about that. I built a cb dulcimer for a friend in France and took it the…"

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