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Space or no space under Piezo; which sounds better?

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I was curious about various recipes I've heard mentioned around here for making staining solutions by putting iron nails in vinegar. So I decided to do some research. On a woodworking forum I came across some explanations from people who clearly had…

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At 8:54am on February 9, 2010, bemuzic said…: Hi, thanks for your comments : -)...I used Adobe Prenmiere Elements 4 to edit the video...

At 1:10pm on November 16, 2009, james batten said…: I am in the royal hamlet of pontypool 18 miles from the pricipality

you know wales gods own country

At 7:26am on November 16, 2009, BigBadDom said…: Mark,
I've just posted a pic of my amp on my page.

The valves are the 12v ones originally designed for car radios such as the 12U7 and 12K5. There's stuff on the web.

Dom

At 2:08pm on October 11, 2009, smojo said…: Hi Mark, good to meet you too, my knowledge of actual cicuit design is very limited. It sounds like you have studied it deeper than me already. I see someone has replied to the cap on pin 7 question. As for the input, I don't know either but could it be some sort of d.c. block to protect the i/p ?

I have recently acquired an oscilloscope and intend to do some experimenting with different components to see what effect they have on the o/p signal. I need a signal generator first though. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

At 1:28pm on October 7, 2009, anthony said…: Hi there, cheers for the request. I enjoyed playing your banjo a lot.

At 9:03am on October 6, 2009, JUJU AKA SOUNDSSOGOOD said…: Cheers mate i was also pleased with the sound john produced , i wish i had the B***s to get up and play myself , maybe next year - i have some tunes i recorded on my profile page - the first tune that plays is the Distorted Plank which was recorded using the first Plank i built for hollowbelly plus theres tunes recorded using the reso and the four string mayorga with the Alloy tail
Thanks again and good to have you as a freind
juju.

At 9:01am on October 6, 2009, Erik Ryman said…: Nice to meet you...any friend of Silver Mount Zion...and all that..

cheers
Erik

At 8:36am on October 6, 2009, JUJU AKA SOUNDSSOGOOD said…: Thanks for the freinds request , thanks also for your great comments on my guitars , it was a great weekend cant wait till the next one
Thanks again
juju.

At 9:32pm on October 3, 2009, AKA.WILLARDJ. said…: SCOTT,,,very nice builds you have here...

At 5:34pm on September 19, 2009, Jason Farthing said…: thanks for watching the video and for your kind words. yeah, i just use an open G tuning, (g,d,g,b). I just kept listening to the zep's version trying to get it down, he has a few more hammer on's and pull off's, but he's got six strings....and he is Jimmy Page.