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Rodney Horsfall replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion A Better Acoustic Pickup for Cigar Box Guitar: How I Install a Piezo Rod & Preamp
"See attached pic"
Oct 14, 2019
Rodney Horsfall replied to Cigar Box Nation's discussion A Better Acoustic Pickup for Cigar Box Guitar: How I Install a Piezo Rod & Preamp
"Great concept, I use a variation by mounting the rod piezo in a grooved piece of hardwood, and capping it with a piece of chrome steel rod, part of a motorcycle wheel spoke. This assembly is mounted on the top of the box, held there by string…"
Oct 14, 2019

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emails from Shane
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about 200
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Love building them in my retirement and love sharing them at local markets.
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Chopping Board raided from the Kitchen

Posted on September 26, 2018 at 5:25pm 3 Comments

So last week, my wife bought a new chopping board which made the current wooden one redundant. so, Hell, I thought, there must be a way to turn this into something, and today, here it is:

4 string, fretted, the bridge is a motorcycle wheel spoke which locates over the rod piezo pickup. On…

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