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"you can also cut down the handset and make it a bullet mic... " John Sawyer replied Mar 21, 2020 to Vintage phone handset microphone...	1	Mar 21, 2020 Reply by John Sawyer
"Either way you ground the shield should not matter.... where do I find your pickup…" John Sawyer replied Mar 21, 2020 to Help with amp, Please?	33	Apr 3, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Or switch to the HTML editor... and it works fine." John Sawyer replied Mar 20, 2020 to Small fret location error	17	Apr 1, 2020 Reply by Michael Pounds
"Those don't look like burns... they look like goo on the surface?? You can check con…" John Sawyer replied Mar 20, 2020 to Help with amp, Please?	33	Apr 3, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"it looks like somebody replaced the jack, but used a high wattage gun and burned the…" John Sawyer replied Mar 20, 2020 to Help with amp, Please?	33	Apr 3, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"I would scrape back the solder mask (green paint) by the ground pad on the left, and…" John Sawyer replied Mar 20, 2020 to Help with amp, Please?	33	Apr 3, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"Looks like the factory soldered the shield to the ground, and also to eliminate peop…" John Sawyer replied Mar 20, 2020 to Help with amp, Please?	33	Apr 3, 2020 Reply by Southern Ray
"The glowforge is a good product, but if you're a little tech/mechanical saavy, the K…" John Sawyer replied Dec 26, 2019 to Latest internet find. "Glowforge"	6	Dec 26, 2019 Reply by John Sawyer
"I've used a hot wire for years to cut foam for model airplanes. The first thing you…" John Sawyer replied Nov 27, 2019 to question about Variac use	17	Nov 27, 2019 Reply by James Pobog
"Great look! I too love humbuckers! Flat ones make it easy, though..." John Sawyer replied Nov 4, 2019 to My 75th CBG and somthing new!!!	4	Nov 5, 2019 Reply by Poorness Studios

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John Sawyer's Discussions (1,037)

"you can also cut down the handset and make it a bullet mic... "

"Either way you ground the shield should not matter.... where do I find your pickup…"

"Or switch to the HTML editor... and it works fine."

"Those don't look like burns... they look like goo on the surface?? You can check con…"

"it looks like somebody replaced the jack, but used a high wattage gun and burned the…"

"I would scrape back the solder mask (green paint) by the ground pad on the left, and…"

"Looks like the factory soldered the shield to the ground, and also to eliminate peop…"

"The glowforge is a good product, but if you're a little tech/mechanical saavy, the K…"

"I've used a hot wire for years to cut foam for model airplanes. The first thing you…"

"Great look! I too love humbuckers! Flat ones make it easy, though..."

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