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"Roger, I placed a piezo inside a sponge and then stuffed it into a cigar box. It sou…" Wade replied Jun 23, 2009 to I tried my hand at a stomp box a few weeks ago and hadnt had time to figure out,,,,,	7	Jun 23, 2009 Reply by Roger Martin
"I've been cutting all the way to the bottom of the box which makes things a bit easi…" Wade replied Jun 20, 2009 to cutting notches	5	Jul 3, 2009 Reply by Anderson
"My best guess is that any PAF Gibson humbucker will get you very close. I read that…" Wade replied Jun 19, 2009 to humbucker pickup windings	2	Jun 19, 2009 Reply by Wade
"Nice solution! How does it sound with the bar? Wade" Wade replied Jun 17, 2009 to Mounting magnetic pickup under 1/4" wood lid. Thoughts?	18	Jun 18, 2009 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"Just thinking. You could experiment with adding metal or magnet material on top of t…" Wade replied Jun 15, 2009 to Mounting magnetic pickup under 1/4" wood lid. Thoughts?	18	Jun 18, 2009 Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates
"How many pieces of buttered toast does it take to record this song... The world may…" Wade replied Jun 14, 2009 to Outrageous CBG videos!!!	16	Oct 28, 2009 Reply by colin mcgrath
"A few things I learned the hard way: 1. Keep your wires short 2. lightly scuff the…" Wade replied Jun 6, 2009 to I NEED SOME HELP	34	Nov 5, 2009 Reply by Lou
"There is a router bit (I believe in the Grizzly catalogue) that looks like it would…" Wade replied Jun 6, 2009 to Tools	36	Feb 18, 2010 Reply by Matt Philip
"Any tips on setting up your spokshave? Mine seem to always chatter or take chunks ou…" Wade replied Jun 6, 2009 to Tools	36	Feb 18, 2010 Reply by Matt Philip
"I use a trick I learned from One String Willie- Use the harmonics to get your positi…" Wade replied Jun 5, 2009 to fretless neck and markings questions	12	Jun 6, 2009 Reply by Brian

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Wade's Discussions (504)

"Roger, I placed a piezo inside a sponge and then stuffed it into a cigar box. It sou…"

"I've been cutting all the way to the bottom of the box which makes things a bit easi…"

"My best guess is that any PAF Gibson humbucker will get you very close. I read that…"

"Nice solution! How does it sound with the bar? Wade"

"Just thinking. You could experiment with adding metal or magnet material on top of t…"

"How many pieces of buttered toast does it take to record this song... The world may…"

"A few things I learned the hard way: 1. Keep your wires short 2. lightly scuff the…"

"There is a router bit (I believe in the Grizzly catalogue) that looks like it would…"

"Any tips on setting up your spokshave? Mine seem to always chatter or take chunks ou…"

"I use a trick I learned from One String Willie- Use the harmonics to get your positi…"

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