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"Agree to you Dan. I read about treble eating brass too but in practice I haven't not…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Jul 28, 2015 to flat pup????	10	Jul 28, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"hi, the advantage of the Flatpup pickup is that you can try different positions befo…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Jun 10, 2015 to Where to put my Flattop?	9	Jun 12, 2015 Reply by Jo Jacobsen
"that's why they made this sign ;-)" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 19, 2015 to Flatpup pickups - UK supplier?	18	Feb 20, 2015 Reply by Wayfinder
"Gotcha! I'm in Austria, surrounded by Europe. The other country you refer to is surr…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 19, 2015 to Flatpup pickups - UK supplier?	18	Feb 20, 2015 Reply by Wayfinder
"Hi Clark, which one would you like? My site says the shop is closed; anyways feel f…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 19, 2015 to Flatpup pickups - UK supplier?	18	Feb 20, 2015 Reply by Wayfinder
"Well then make a stop end at the edge. I've used toothpicks, pieces of wires, rubber…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 11, 2014 to Are these big enough to make a pickup?	15	Mar 25, 2014 Reply by Ivan Petrov
"Sure, go ahead ;-) good luck!" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 11, 2014 to Are these big enough to make a pickup?	15	Mar 25, 2014 Reply by Ivan Petrov
"yep, should work" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 11, 2014 to Are these big enough to make a pickup?	15	Mar 25, 2014 Reply by Ivan Petrov
"I used "contact spray" on crackling pots of old radios - works perfect. " Elmar Zeilhofer replied Feb 1, 2014 to Crackling pots	14	Mar 3, 2014 Reply by Richey Kay
"hi Brian, my name is Elmar, spelt with an "a". My mail address is elmar.zeilhofer@gm…" Elmar Zeilhofer replied Jan 24, 2014 to Ordering Flatpup	5	Jan 24, 2014 Reply by Elmar Zeilhofer

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Elmar Zeilhofer's Discussions (61)

"Agree to you Dan. I read about treble eating brass too but in practice I haven't not…"

"hi, the advantage of the Flatpup pickup is that you can try different positions befo…"

"that's why they made this sign ;-)"

"Gotcha! I'm in Austria, surrounded by Europe. The other country you refer to is surr…"

"Hi Clark, which one would you like? My site says the shop is closed; anyways feel f…"

"Well then make a stop end at the edge. I've used toothpicks, pieces of wires, rubber…"

"Sure, go ahead ;-) good luck!"

"yep, should work"

"I used "contact spray" on crackling pots of old radios - works perfect. "

"hi Brian, my name is Elmar, spelt with an "a". My mail address is elmar.zeilhofer@gm…"

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