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"just be sure not to stab yourself in the stomach on accident once your chisel is sha…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 18, 2013 to If you have chisels........	19	Aug 7, 2013 Reply by Pete Turner
"can i use 24 guage speaker wire to wire up piezo discs? did a search here and google…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 14, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"i think im just gonna get one of the cheap TOM bridges and play around with it some…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 14, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"ok this is gonna sound even dumber but my ibanez didnt have the tune-o-matic bridge…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 14, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"its really a lot easier then it looks. hardest part is getting the spacing correct.…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 13, 2013 to 3 string diatonic build	26	Jan 26, 2013 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"all you need to do fretting is a small saw a plastic hammer and some files. if you h…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 12, 2013 to 3 string diatonic build	26	Jan 26, 2013 Reply by Michael Fred Johnson
"this is gonna sound dumb but i just remembered my six string ibanez has this same br…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 12, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"lot of guys use them but they mostly use magnetic pickups" Bad Wolf replied Jan 11, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"yeah some of the ones ive seen have individual elements with 6 wires coming off but…" Bad Wolf replied Jan 11, 2013 to has anyone made a DIY piezo tune-o-matic bridge?	18	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by David McQueen
"1/4" - 3/8" seems the norm i believe" Bad Wolf replied Jan 8, 2013 to Fret Board Thickness?	5	Jan 11, 2013 Reply by www.FullerCBG.com

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Bad Wolf's Discussions (57)

"just be sure not to stab yourself in the stomach on accident once your chisel is sha…"

"can i use 24 guage speaker wire to wire up piezo discs? did a search here and google…"

"i think im just gonna get one of the cheap TOM bridges and play around with it some…"

"ok this is gonna sound even dumber but my ibanez didnt have the tune-o-matic bridge…"

"its really a lot easier then it looks. hardest part is getting the spacing correct.…"

"all you need to do fretting is a small saw a plastic hammer and some files. if you h…"

"this is gonna sound dumb but i just remembered my six string ibanez has this same br…"

"lot of guys use them but they mostly use magnetic pickups"

"yeah some of the ones ive seen have individual elements with 6 wires coming off but…"

"1/4" - 3/8" seems the norm i believe"

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