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Posted by PEGGY TRAMBLE on August 6, 2011 at 4:54pm in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

I began building stick dulcimers a few months ago and am experimenting with piezo pickups. However I am getting an awful hum from the pickup even though I have been very careful with the soldering etc. Can anyone help me with this??

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PEGGY TRAMBLE August 9, 2011 at 10:39pm

Well I live in a rural area of Cape Breton and the only stores we have is a co op, liquor store, post office...corner stores....

what's a poor girl to do???

MichaelS Country Boy Guitars said:

In Canada you can get Cuban cigar box's, we can't. Canadiens do smoke cigars.
PEGGY TRAMBLE August 9, 2011 at 10:31pm

Thanks for the response, no I didn't check his site out yet but I will. I am still trying to figure out in my mind how to attach the neck securely to the cigar box..........guess I need to do more research.

PEGGY TRAMBLE said:

Dan Sleep said:
Have you tried this guy to see if he will ship to Canada?

http://myworld.ebay.com/chuckd1062/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
PEGGY TRAMBLE August 9, 2011 at 10:28pm

Dan Sleep said:
Have you tried this guy to see if he will ship to Canada?

http://myworld.ebay.com/chuckd1062/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
Grease Stains August 9, 2011 at 3:56pm

I live in Canada as well, I buy my boxes at a local smoke shop. They love selling them seening as throwing them away costs them money! And as an added bonus, we can get some really nice Cuban boxes our friends to the south can't.
MichaelS Country Boy Guitars August 8, 2011 at 8:03pm

In Canada you can get Cuban cigar box's, we can't. Canadiens do smoke cigars.
Dan Sleep August 8, 2011 at 4:23pm

Have you tried this guy to see if he will ship to Canada?

http://myworld.ebay.com/chuckd1062/?_trksid=p4340.l2559
PEGGY TRAMBLE August 8, 2011 at 3:42pm

No cigars being smoked around here.......guess I may have to build my own cigar box.
Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates August 8, 2011 at 12:16am

What? You Canucks don't smoke ceegars up there??? <grin>

-WY

PEGGY TRAMBLE said:

My next project is to build a cigar box guitar.... however since I live in Canada... I will have to order my cigar box from the US,

I love to build anything in regard to music.......and incidently I am truely enjoying Cigar Box Nation Website.

Always looking for info
PEGGY TRAMBLE August 7, 2011 at 3:01pm

I may have solved a hum problem in a stomp box that I just built. I put two blocks of wood together with a piezo sandwiched in the center. it hummed a lot so I encased the whole enterior with aluminum foil and it eliminated most of the problem. I will experiment with a similar solution with my stick dulcimers.
j-dub August 6, 2011 at 11:18pm

I always get a bad hum when the kitchen light is on. It has a dimmer switch. They cause alot of interference.

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