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"Because he likes Heavy Metal music" Gilles C. Caron replied Nov 21, 2016 to VIDEO: The World's Most Dangerous Music Box - Made From a Steamroller	5	Jun 19, 2018 Reply by Don Randolph
"I've been working of the details of my 4 strings guitar, testing it with different t…" Gilles C. Caron replied Nov 9, 2016 to First 4 strings build progress	103	Nov 9, 2016 Reply by Gilles C. Caron
"Great... You're of the right track. Nothing about being an idiot here, I worked in…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 20, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"I forgot... The cavity cover plate was shielded with aluminum paper" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 20, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Sorry for my multiple posts... It just happens that I got a good example today that…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 20, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Not sure about that... Sometimes, most of the electrical noise comes from the equip…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 20, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"It was very well explained by Wayfinder and I agree that "shielding" is not always n…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 19, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"Yes, I like them too. I bought 2 P90s that I wanted to try, but stopped building gu…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 19, 2016 to First 4 strings build progress	103	Nov 9, 2016 Reply by Gilles C. Caron
"Just because I forgot to mention it, the lid being metal, you don't need more shield…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 18, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"You started a nice cool guitar there... You don't have to shield everything, but mo…" Gilles C. Caron replied Oct 18, 2016 to Is shielding necessary ?	24	Oct 21, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach

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Gilles C. Caron's Discussions (83)

"Because he likes Heavy Metal music"

"I've been working of the details of my 4 strings guitar, testing it with different t…"

"Great... You're of the right track. Nothing about being an idiot here, I worked in…"

"I forgot... The cavity cover plate was shielded with aluminum paper"

"Sorry for my multiple posts... It just happens that I got a good example today that…"

"Not sure about that... Sometimes, most of the electrical noise comes from the equip…"

"It was very well explained by Wayfinder and I agree that "shielding" is not always n…"

"Yes, I like them too. I bought 2 P90s that I wanted to try, but stopped building gu…"

"Just because I forgot to mention it, the lid being metal, you don't need more shield…"

"You started a nice cool guitar there... You don't have to shield everything, but mo…"

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