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"You can twist the hot and ground wires together, and that provides some shielding. " Skeesix replied May 1, 2019 to Copper foil tape as shield.	5	May 2, 2019 Reply by Arthur Payne
"My suggestion would be to test out the pickups first and see what you like the best.…" Skeesix replied Mar 1, 2019 to Lipstick pickup and Telecaster neck pickup. What goes where?	12	Mar 1, 2019 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Yes, I would suggest the same thing as an easy fix. Adjust the height of the pickups…" Skeesix replied Sep 11, 2016 to unbalanced pickups	13	Dec 29, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Microphones and speakers can be used as pickups, but they're going to be weaker beca…" Skeesix replied Aug 24, 2016 to old telephone handset carbon microphone use in CBG	6	Aug 24, 2016 Reply by David Clewell
"Brass is a tone sucker, at least for alnico magnets. You can either drill holes thro…" Skeesix replied May 3, 2016 to Brass pickup covers?	6	Aug 5, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"The standard wire for pickups is 42 AWG, which as the others are saying, is about as…" Skeesix replied Jan 2, 2016 to Winding/building a flatpup humbucker	7	Jan 2, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"Yes - the extra distance will make it softer sounding. You could potentially mount t…" Skeesix replied Aug 17, 2015 to Placement for mag pup	10	Aug 18, 2015 Reply by Habanera Hal
"Short answer, yes. The magnets are all oriented the same way. The steel will stick o…" Skeesix replied Jan 5, 2015 to Convert 4 pole mag to bar style pickup	6	Jan 5, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"Stick a guitar cable (1/4 plug) into the jack. The tip of the plug will touch metal…" Skeesix replied Dec 28, 2012 to What is this end pin jack used for?	6	Dec 28, 2012 Reply by Chris Thomas
"The "one" wire is actually two. The outside metal braid is the ground wire which act…" Skeesix replied Dec 15, 2012 to Humbuckers Help!	6	Jan 14, 2013 Reply by Wayne Palasia

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Skeesix's Discussions (554)

"You can twist the hot and ground wires together, and that provides some shielding. "

"My suggestion would be to test out the pickups first and see what you like the best.…"

"Yes, I would suggest the same thing as an easy fix. Adjust the height of the pickups…"

"Microphones and speakers can be used as pickups, but they're going to be weaker beca…"

"Brass is a tone sucker, at least for alnico magnets. You can either drill holes thro…"

"The standard wire for pickups is 42 AWG, which as the others are saying, is about as…"

"Yes - the extra distance will make it softer sounding. You could potentially mount t…"

"Short answer, yes. The magnets are all oriented the same way. The steel will stick o…"

"Stick a guitar cable (1/4 plug) into the jack. The tip of the plug will touch metal…"

"The "one" wire is actually two. The outside metal braid is the ground wire which act…"

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