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Country singer-songwriter Claude King, an original member of the Louisiana Hayride who was best known for the 1962 hit “Wolverton Mountain,” died Thursday, age 90. King had just celebrated his birthday and 67th wedding anniversary to his wife, Barbara, last month. The couple’s eldest son, Duane King...

Great Job Bill

Try Two old goats
It works I buy it at the feed store
but they sell it on ebay
it works

Henry if you have a drill press you could probably use these
http://www.mcmaster.com/#steel-barrel-nuts/=ilumw3

Don't know if it will help
but we bought these in 1978

I Would Love A Copy
Thanks Andy

That Would depend on who's playing it. LoL

Bill
I use it all the time with no problem
But I run Linux
I swore off windows years ago

TTT

Just To Let everyone Know
Crazy Heart is posted on project free tv
just google it.
If you have high speed connection
you can watch it.
Its in the movie section

Crazy Heart is posted on project free tv
just google it.
If you have high speed connection
you can watch it.
Its in the movie section

Mickey,
as I told you before ,
you fit texas like a glove
only problem is after all
youve done for the osg community
now if you try to leave someone
will chain you up LOL
keep up the good work Brother
God will bless you
Russ

Jerry
Ive never done it to a Steel,
but we use to polich air planes
with neverdull then coat it with
glass wax. worked good on them

B0B
I knew a J W from Vivian La.
hes was a blue grass picker
hope its not him cause he passed last
week
Russ

Brendan, I have done several mods to mine. The main one was to the levers. The were bad about the screws backing out and falling in your lap. I drilled them out and built some capped brass busings for them thus no movement on the screws. I also built a teakwood pedal board. replace pedals and rods w...

Mathew, I own one i bought in the mid 70s they are good . they do need a few mods that are fairly easy. I own a bmi 3&5 and a fender 2000 love them all but probably spend the most time on the zb. I saw a moded one sell on ebay several years ago for $1495 which is way out there. I gave 350 for mi...

zink oxide

Jim, I don't know about you, but bologna and dried beans have been a staple all my life. I was raised on them. Even in my prosporus years I felt cheatedd if I had to go without them for any length of time. In my opinion it don't get no better than fried Bologna pinto or any other dried bea or pea wi...

Leah, I you have any desire to the fender 2000 can be made to do what you want it to. Do a search on them. It's not that difficult to add knee levers, and extra pulls. Its a simple cable pull design. Mine is setup with four pulls. I also have Zb and a bmi and love them all. I learned on a fender 100...

Lynn,
I built one out of a piece of oak
and painted it black. It works great
Looks Great and was easy to fab.
Took about 15 minutes to build

bill,
If you need any futher pictures i have an older bmi
3&5 be glad to take pictures of anything on it that
will help
Russ

Welcome to the Family George.
Lots of great people here and
tons of information

I always wind over the post, less angle on the string

Jon,
Just a reminder that no one mentioned
the larger the bit the slower the speed.
and don't rush it give it time to cut.

Neil,
I done the same thing with a piece of oak.
took about 5 min on the table saw and drill
press.
spray painted it black. looks like it came on it.
Poor boys have poor ways