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"Thanks guys, pretty good but still not the ones. Can't have cigar, smoke, knives in…" James Bush replied Feb 12, 2010 to I need a retail store name.	37	Apr 14, 2010 Reply by Hoov
"Most feed back can be reduced by using a RCA style cable. Meaning a shielded conduct…" James Bush replied Feb 8, 2010 to Piezo Pickup Issues!!	20	Feb 15, 2010 Reply by Grizz
"Shield everything you can and play it in a mud puddle and it should work fine." James Bush replied Jan 5, 2010 to Build AMP in CBG ?!?	7	Jan 5, 2010 Reply by James Bush
"Go to a local cigar shop or ebay" James Bush replied Jan 5, 2010 to Want building materials...	6	Jan 6, 2010 Reply by ChickenboneJohn
"swampy crow" James Bush replied Jan 5, 2010 to band name	12	Jan 6, 2010 Reply by Tom Lanford
"Blind Willie Johnson Marlin, TX" James Bush replied Dec 30, 2009 to Trivia	2	Dec 30, 2009 Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire
"It's hard to tell about the box, we never tried one. If you need some inexpensive pi…" James Bush replied Dec 30, 2009 to Am I doing something wrong???	9	Jan 3, 2010 Reply by Roger Martin
"After expermenting with different piezo disc's we found one that sounds excellent, W…" James Bush replied Dec 21, 2009 to What are the best sounding transducers?	3	Dec 21, 2009 Reply by James Bush
"Thomas, Thats what we used to do but takes way to long and you end up having to sand…" James Bush replied Dec 19, 2009 to Attaching the neck to the box	25	Dec 22, 2009 Reply by Ronnie Retherford
"What we do is cut the thickness of the lid. .022 - 024" ( 1/4" ) with a band saw, (w…" James Bush replied Dec 19, 2009 to Attaching the neck to the box	25	Dec 22, 2009 Reply by Ronnie Retherford

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James Bush's Discussions (23)

"Thanks guys, pretty good but still not the ones. Can't have cigar, smoke, knives in…"

"Most feed back can be reduced by using a RCA style cable. Meaning a shielded conduct…"

"Shield everything you can and play it in a mud puddle and it should work fine."

"Go to a local cigar shop or ebay"

"swampy crow"

"Blind Willie Johnson Marlin, TX"

"It's hard to tell about the box, we never tried one. If you need some inexpensive pi…"

"After expermenting with different piezo disc's we found one that sounds excellent, W…"

"Thomas, Thats what we used to do but takes way to long and you end up having to sand…"

"What we do is cut the thickness of the lid. .022 - 024" ( 1/4" ) with a band saw, (w…"

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