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Soldering Help

Im on my 5th build. As of now I have been using pre-wired pickups I’ve gotten off of cbgitty. I bought some black humbucker type pickups an…

Started by Joshua Amy

 5 Jan 20, 2019
Reply by Joshua Amy

Induction pickup soldering difficulties

Hi everyone, I've made a couple of induction pickups like the ones in the first set of images in this discussion:  https://cigarboxnation.c…

Started by Mark Betzhold

 13 Nov 3, 2018
Reply by Paul Craig

CBG pickups Juju

Does anyone have information  to contact the man in UK to purchase juju pickups. the address I found will not make contact from USA, thanks…

Started by Ronald Turner

 2 Mar 27, 2018
Reply by ChickenboneJohn

Pickup Height

Hello from cool Halifax, Nova Scotia Building my second guitar but learning to play still number one. I was wondering if someone can tell m…

Started by Rupe Power

 8 Oct 13, 2017
Reply by Rupe Power

Homemade Pickup...

I know this has been covered somewhere, but can't find exactly what I am looking for.  I am a newbie maker.  I am currently making a 4-stri…

Started by Brian Revels

 19 Apr 25, 2017
Reply by JL

New pickup ideas, may have been done before. Let me know

So this is the design I am thinking of for my new rig. I am still working out the bugs, this was the first time I even tried it out on the…

Started by Jerryrig240

 6 Apr 22, 2017
Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague

What do you mean with «sounds great»?

Let's take my 4-string CBG from a Camacho box as an example: acoustically it doesn't sound at all, but with two Power Rails from GuitarFeti…

Started by Moritz Voegeli

 112 May 6, 2016
Reply by Wayfinder

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

what are the pre-wired single coil pick-ups with tonr and vol like?

what are the pre-wired single coil pick-ups with tone and vol like?

Started by Jeff Kliger

 2 Jan 29, 2016
Reply by Jeff Kliger

Is there such a thing as a pickup with bluetooth?

I'm seeing the sweet Bluetooth speaker as an amazing holiday markdown at Monoprice, and imagining a wireless practice amp. Is that stupid o…

Started by Michael Hagen

 9 Dec 2, 2015
Reply by The Phrygian Kid

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