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"Hi, I think you have asked a very good question. I play six strings but the principl…" David L. replied Sep 11, 2009 to string gauge for a three string.	24	Jan 17, 2014 Reply by Bluesheart
"Hi, Sorry I just noted the circuit diagram - If I am using a cap to affect tone I al…" David L. replied Sep 10, 2009 to What size Cap do I want	2	Sep 10, 2009 Reply by David L.
"Hi, Yes you have it right - for a more indepth description if you check out the webs…" David L. replied Sep 10, 2009 to What size Cap do I want	2	Sep 10, 2009 Reply by David L.
"Hi, If you are happy to use recycled parts (off a 3/4 sized guitar - the necks come…" David L. replied Sep 9, 2009 to Help with Canjo design ....	6	Sep 29, 2009 Reply by Jim Mitchell
"Hi, If you are playing around with scale lengths I have found this string tension ca…" David L. replied Sep 9, 2009 to scale length	12	Dec 14, 2010 Reply by Don Thompson
"Hi, Cheapest way is to buy a piezo sounder/disc off ebay (use the ebay search for pi…" David L. replied Sep 9, 2009 to		just now
"Hi, Thank you for the kind words (not sure if you liked to be called Tiny, Tinyguita…" David L. replied Sep 8, 2009 to Newbie question: how does it look "under the hood"?	7	Sep 8, 2009 Reply by David L.
"Hi, If you are going to have a neck going through the whole of the CBG and sticking…" David L. replied Sep 7, 2009 to Newbie question: how does it look "under the hood"?	7	Sep 8, 2009 Reply by David L.
"Hi, If you are talking about magnetic pickups as on an electric guitar the closer th…" David L. replied Sep 6, 2009 to String separation	3	Sep 6, 2009 Reply by David L.
"Hi, I have just come across this website http://www.ratcliffe.co.za/articles/piezo.s…" David L. replied Sep 5, 2009 to Using piezos AND magnetic pickups - the facts!	23	Sep 15, 2009 Reply by HOGS GRUNT

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David L.'s Discussions (819)

"Hi, I think you have asked a very good question. I play six strings but the principl…"

"Hi, Sorry I just noted the circuit diagram - If I am using a cap to affect tone I al…"

"Hi, Yes you have it right - for a more indepth description if you check out the webs…"

"Hi, If you are happy to use recycled parts (off a 3/4 sized guitar - the necks come…"

"Hi, If you are playing around with scale lengths I have found this string tension ca…"

"Hi, Cheapest way is to buy a piezo sounder/disc off ebay (use the ebay search for pi…"

"Hi, Thank you for the kind words (not sure if you liked to be called Tiny, Tinyguita…"

"Hi, If you are going to have a neck going through the whole of the CBG and sticking…"

"Hi, If you are talking about magnetic pickups as on an electric guitar the closer th…"

"Hi, I have just come across this website http://www.ratcliffe.co.za/articles/piezo.s…"

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