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"I use the same as slow paw steve I get them from ebay as well and they seam quite go…" Darren Wolbold replied Apr 15, 2013 to Tuners	9	Apr 15, 2013 Reply by David Bowes
"Awesome I did £25 on ebay a got a load of old radios, I managed to "hot wire" one th…" Darren Wolbold replied Apr 13, 2013 to Little LM386 amp in my second build!!!	3	Apr 13, 2013 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"Glad you got it working. I found the little Gem ok, but not so good with a piezo as…" Darren Wolbold replied Apr 12, 2013 to Little LM386 amp in my second build!!!	3	Apr 13, 2013 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"I like using two piezoes in parallel I mount them to the neck inside the box with ho…" Darren Wolbold replied Mar 22, 2013 to Resonator piezo pick up approaches?	10	Mar 22, 2013 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"Not really a kit as such but I have made the little gem and smokey amp maybe not pre…" Darren Wolbold replied Jan 3, 2013 to Preamp module kits?	6	Jan 3, 2013 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"If you go for the piezo path I would consider two in parallel I have also coverd it…" Darren Wolbold replied Aug 17, 2012 to Easiest and best way to electrify my CBG	21	Aug 22, 2012 Reply by BUGGY (C)
"Hello I covered some stuff on what I do to stop feed back on my blog Thought you mi…" Darren Wolbold replied Jul 10, 2012 to Piezo feedback	28	Jul 10, 2012 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"Thanks I forgot to say I also put them on the opposite side to the bridge Hears the…" Darren Wolbold replied Jun 8, 2012 to cheap but good way to make an electric CBG	10	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"I would say with some work piezzios can be used in a high amplification situation ie…" Darren Wolbold replied Jun 7, 2012 to Piezo feedback	28	Jul 10, 2012 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"I use Piezo disks about 25mm diameter you can get them on ebay, some people also tak…" Darren Wolbold replied Jun 6, 2012 to cheap but good way to make an electric CBG	10	Jun 8, 2012 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars

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Darren Wolbold's Discussions (50)

"I use the same as slow paw steve I get them from ebay as well and they seam quite go…"

"Awesome I did £25 on ebay a got a load of old radios, I managed to "hot wire" one th…"

"Glad you got it working. I found the little Gem ok, but not so good with a piezo as…"

"I like using two piezoes in parallel I mount them to the neck inside the box with ho…"

"Not really a kit as such but I have made the little gem and smokey amp maybe not pre…"

"If you go for the piezo path I would consider two in parallel I have also coverd it…"

"Hello I covered some stuff on what I do to stop feed back on my blog Thought you mi…"

"Thanks I forgot to say I also put them on the opposite side to the bridge Hears the…"

"I would say with some work piezzios can be used in a high amplification situation ie…"

"I use Piezo disks about 25mm diameter you can get them on ebay, some people also tak…"

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