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"Since the poles are magnets and the allen wrench carbon steel it just sets there, th…" Randy S. Bretz replied Jan 5, 2015 to Convert 4 pole mag to bar style pickup	6	Jan 5, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"Here you can see the fake fret - mag rail.... " Randy S. Bretz replied Jan 5, 2015 to Convert 4 pole mag to bar style pickup	6	Jan 5, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"On my Stealth build I again sunk a 4 pole mag into the box with the poles extending…" Randy S. Bretz replied Jan 5, 2015 to Convert 4 pole mag to bar style pickup	6	Jan 5, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"On this build I converted a 6 pole into a 4 string blade pup. Sunk the mag pickup do…" Randy S. Bretz replied Jan 5, 2015 to Convert 4 pole mag to bar style pickup	6	Jan 5, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"Their sold on ebay like that, bought one years ago. The ones I had the piezo and th…" Randy S. Bretz replied Feb 4, 2014 to My Secret for getting quality sound out of Disk Piezo pickups.	9	Feb 5, 2014 Reply by David McQueen
"I`ll stick with what I know works for me and my customers.....rod biscuits" Randy S. Bretz replied Aug 13, 2013 to Help with amplifying resonator cbg	22	Aug 14, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
"You do know that a disc piezo can be drilled through the middle and still work" Randy S. Bretz replied Aug 13, 2013 to Help with amplifying resonator cbg	22	Aug 14, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
"That's for a spyder cone resonator" Randy S. Bretz replied Aug 13, 2013 to Help with amplifying resonator cbg	22	Aug 14, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
"I make rod piezo reso biscuits. They have a dowel rod in the middle for going throug…" Randy S. Bretz replied Aug 13, 2013 to Help with amplifying resonator cbg	22	Aug 14, 2013 Reply by James Shelton
"You need this rod bridge, made specially for a bass build. Thick bone saddle, Peruvi…" Randy S. Bretz replied Jun 9, 2013 to Rod Piezo Bridge and Gitty EQ-7545R package for 4 string Bass?	4	Jun 21, 2013 Reply by David Clark

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Randy S. Bretz's Discussions (543)

"Since the poles are magnets and the allen wrench carbon steel it just sets there, th…"

"Here you can see the fake fret - mag rail.... "

"On my Stealth build I again sunk a 4 pole mag into the box with the poles extending…"

"On this build I converted a 6 pole into a 4 string blade pup. Sunk the mag pickup do…"

"Their sold on ebay like that, bought one years ago. The ones I had the piezo and th…"

"I`ll stick with what I know works for me and my customers.....rod biscuits"

"You do know that a disc piezo can be drilled through the middle and still work"

"That's for a spyder cone resonator"

"I make rod piezo reso biscuits. They have a dowel rod in the middle for going throug…"

"You need this rod bridge, made specially for a bass build. Thick bone saddle, Peruvi…"

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