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"You need a Faraday cage..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Aug 5, 2016 to Rattle and Less Hum	26	Aug 6, 2016 Reply by Fomhorach
"But it's FUN getting feedback from an A-E through a tuber..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied May 9, 2015 to Voltage question	7	Aug 28, 2015 Reply by Denis U
"Wimmens ! Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em..." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Feb 7, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"Yep on the multimeter. Another source of hum may be that your leads are unshielded.…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 20, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"I was reluctant to tell you to check your solder joints, since you seemed to have do…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 20, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"Scott, It's not supposed to matter on a disc piezo, but...looks to me like you got…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 19, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"That's what got me; I am not a newb to soldering electronics, but somehow, after che…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 18, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"Scott, Ok, looked at your pic of the back of the pot...red to hot, black to ground.…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jan 18, 2014 to Volume hum below full, not a ground problem	33	Feb 28, 2014 Reply by Bernie Mango
"Dave knows his pups, fer sure. There are also other ways to get that bluegrassy, alm…" Ron "Oily" Sprague replied Jul 7, 2013 to All the different types of pickups...what is good for a LESS bluesy sound?	7	Aug 10, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Switch. Somewhere here there's a diagram of how to do what you wanna do." Ron "Oily" Sprague replied May 8, 2013 to Can I do it this way?	11	Jun 5, 2013 Reply by The Phrygian Kid

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Ron "Oily" Sprague's Discussions (3,185)

"You need a Faraday cage..."

"But it's FUN getting feedback from an A-E through a tuber..."

"Wimmens ! Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em..."

"Yep on the multimeter. Another source of hum may be that your leads are unshielded.…"

"I was reluctant to tell you to check your solder joints, since you seemed to have do…"

"Scott, It's not supposed to matter on a disc piezo, but...looks to me like you got…"

"That's what got me; I am not a newb to soldering electronics, but somehow, after che…"

"Scott, Ok, looked at your pic of the back of the pot...red to hot, black to ground.…"

"Dave knows his pups, fer sure. There are also other ways to get that bluegrassy, alm…"

"Switch. Somewhere here there's a diagram of how to do what you wanna do."

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