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"My experience with humbuckers with a single coil tap is the pickup has three wires p…" Don Thompson replied Jul 18, 2010 to Humbucker Pickup Wiring	9	Jul 21, 2010 Reply by Dave Onastik
"Sounds more like a marketing niche he is looking for. Something to set his guitars a…" Don Thompson replied Jul 18, 2010 to A perfectly symmetrical shape causes unwanted sound cancelation.	20	Jul 19, 2010 Reply by Don Goguen
"Solder the shield wire to the back of the volume pot off to one side. Either the red…" Don Thompson replied Jul 17, 2010 to Humbucker Pickup Wiring	9	Jul 21, 2010 Reply by Dave Onastik
"Very nice first effort. You might have to grind the screw heads down to fit into a w…" Don Thompson replied Jul 17, 2010 to First Build and Hi from a Cigar Box Noob....and thanks for all the help	12	Aug 4, 2010 Reply by Fitzhugh
"It would work and work well just not for a bass scale length. If I could make a sugg…" Don Thompson replied Jul 14, 2010 to Newbie would like to build a Cigar Box "P Bass". Any advice?	4	Jul 16, 2010 Reply by Outhouse Instruments
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss_rod If you can build a neck that can withstand th…" Don Thompson replied Jul 13, 2010 to Truss rods & six-strings	17	Jul 23, 2010 Reply by Fitzhugh
"Once you use a bar, barre chord the position of the nut is no longer relevant. Or fo…" Don Thompson replied Jul 13, 2010 to fret spacing and sharpening notes	36	Jul 13, 2010 Reply by Wade
"Sometimes, I just have nothing to say. " Don Thompson replied Jul 11, 2010 to newbie questions	11	Jul 12, 2010 Reply by William Powell
"To me there are no pros to using the same guage string. Nylon strings have much more…" Don Thompson replied Jul 11, 2010 to newbie questions	11	Jul 12, 2010 Reply by William Powell
"Single coil pickups are more prone to hum than humbuckers simply because of their co…" Don Thompson replied Jul 10, 2010 to Shielding mag pickups	28	Nov 29, 2012 Reply by ron carlson

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Don Thompson's Discussions (282)

"My experience with humbuckers with a single coil tap is the pickup has three wires p…"

"Sounds more like a marketing niche he is looking for. Something to set his guitars a…"

"Solder the shield wire to the back of the volume pot off to one side. Either the red…"

"Very nice first effort. You might have to grind the screw heads down to fit into a w…"

"It would work and work well just not for a bass scale length. If I could make a sugg…"

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truss_rod If you can build a neck that can withstand th…"

"Once you use a bar, barre chord the position of the nut is no longer relevant. Or fo…"

"Sometimes, I just have nothing to say. "

"To me there are no pros to using the same guage string. Nylon strings have much more…"

"Single coil pickups are more prone to hum than humbuckers simply because of their co…"

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