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"All three have their merits. With oil (linseed, Danish, TruOil, etc) you can get a v…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Jan 11, 2017 to First time build questions?	9	Jan 11, 2017 Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted
"JL, I couldn't agree more, and you pretty well nailed it on the head. Before I conti…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Jan 11, 2017 to joes flatpickup.	55	Feb 25, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE If one is inclined to make a cbg from a…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Jan 8, 2017 to There are no rules are there?	86	Jan 8, 2017 Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted
"Timothy is right, 50k should be fine as long as it does turn all the way down. A mul…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Jan 2, 2017 to For those electronically inclined.....	13	Jan 2, 2017 Reply by Robert Varcoe
"To be clear Moritz, I am not associated with nor do I produce the type of pickups sh…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Jan 1, 2017 to joes flatpickup.	55	Feb 25, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"Oh my, the cat is out of the bag, and flat as a pancake. Poor kitty. Now that this s…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Dec 31, 2016 to joes flatpickup.	55	Feb 25, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"Very welcome. We all have started out in this CBG adventure as beginners. Some keep…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Dec 31, 2016 to Piezo, Volume Control or not	17	Dec 31, 2016 Reply by jeff Cadzow
"Rick, Capacitors can be used for many applications. In tube amps they are used to fi…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Dec 31, 2016 to Piezo, Volume Control or not	17	Dec 31, 2016 Reply by jeff Cadzow
"To add to this, I am not saying that all piezo set-ups will sound brittle and/or har…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Dec 31, 2016 to Piezo, Volume Control or not	17	Dec 31, 2016 Reply by jeff Cadzow
"Makes sense, not using a mag on your drum banjo project...piezo will do better for y…" Scott aka Farmer Ted replied Dec 31, 2016 to Piezo, Volume Control or not	17	Dec 31, 2016 Reply by jeff Cadzow

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Scott aka Farmer Ted's Discussions (714)

"All three have their merits. With oil (linseed, Danish, TruOil, etc) you can get a v…"

"JL, I couldn't agree more, and you pretty well nailed it on the head. Before I conti…"

"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE If one is inclined to make a cbg from a…"

"Timothy is right, 50k should be fine as long as it does turn all the way down. A mul…"

"To be clear Moritz, I am not associated with nor do I produce the type of pickups sh…"

"Oh my, the cat is out of the bag, and flat as a pancake. Poor kitty. Now that this s…"

"Very welcome. We all have started out in this CBG adventure as beginners. Some keep…"

"Rick, Capacitors can be used for many applications. In tube amps they are used to fi…"

"To add to this, I am not saying that all piezo set-ups will sound brittle and/or har…"

"Makes sense, not using a mag on your drum banjo project...piezo will do better for y…"

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