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On-board soft distortion circuit This is my latest guitar, which includes an idea I had for an on-board distortion module. I had previously built a soft distortion unit as… Started by Steve	0	Jan 14, 2020
basics of electrifying a cbg? Am starting out building cbg's and as I already have a small 20w amp and speakers will want to play around with making my noise loud. I do… Started by Colin	2	Aug 9, 2018 Reply by Cause the Blue rat
3 disk custom piezo pickups. hey everyone! i make piezo pickups in my spare time and sell them on ebay or locally. i will make custom orders for not much more than i se… Started by tyler lowe	1	Apr 1, 2016 Reply by tyler lowe
piezo advice i noticed when going to buy piezo disc pickups that different sizes have different resonant frequencies... anyone have any useful advice ab… Started by Mike	12	Jun 7, 2015 Reply by Uncle Toad
wiring help !!! Hi all, does anyone have schematics (that is the right word, right?) to wire up a humbucker-volume-input jack ? This wiring/electronics thi… Started by rob bryon	3	Apr 22, 2013 Reply by Gene Sears
Oil Can Guitar: How Do I Work Inside of It? Howdy folks. I'm a first-time builder. Recently got it into my head that I want to build an electric oil can guitar, like the ones you see… Started by MicCheckOne	24	Apr 29, 2010 Reply by Roosterman

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