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ron carlson replied to ron carlson's discussion Flatpup. 250K, 500K or direct to jack?"Thanks for the suggestions guys. I may just wire up a switch and give it a go. I have a mini or two left over from some passive preamps I built that would work well I would imagine. I may have something interesting switches I could pull from some…"
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The Phrygian Kid replied to James Buysen's discussion JOHN PAUL JONES SIGNATURE LAP STEEL BASS?"Strapping on a squareneck dobro ala mike Aldridge, jerry Douglas is big with the bluegrass crowd, but they are quite conservative so it never took off with solidbodies.. Also it must be said thatth is can easily be done on a tele, strat etc etc just…"
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