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"That's really good news actually as it's a vintage style pickup modelled on the old…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Thanks Brian. I bought some 0.047 Mylar film ones (they come as a set of two) even t…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Thanks again for the help and I'll definitely post lots of pics and a video of the f…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Thanks Brian .That may well help if I chicken out of adding a capacitor. I'm tempted…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Thanks again Blind Lemon Cello. I've heard of the orange drop so might go with that.…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Yeah just looking at capacitors on eBay now. I didn't realise what the capacitor was…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Ah. I didn't know that not using one would make the tone act as a volume Looks like…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Dec 10, 2018 to Bloomin' wiring again! Pulling my hair out haha	14	Dec 10, 2018 Reply by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear
"Hey Sean. As far as I'm aware folk use fretboard for these instruments because they…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Nov 3, 2018 to Separate fretboard vs. fretted neck?	2	Nov 3, 2018 Reply by Joe Caruso
"Morning, Arthur. There can be several reasons for string breakage on new builds. I'l…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Oct 25, 2018 to Strings snapping on new build	8	Oct 26, 2018 Reply by Gerald Schwenke
"Hi Jerry. Firstly, I think the seven frets you may have seen are likely laid out in…" Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear replied Jul 18, 2018 to How many frets?	2	Jul 23, 2018 Reply by Seth Deitch

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Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear's Discussions (410)

"That's really good news actually as it's a vintage style pickup modelled on the old…"

"Thanks Brian. I bought some 0.047 Mylar film ones (they come as a set of two) even t…"

"Thanks again for the help and I'll definitely post lots of pics and a video of the f…"

"Thanks Brian .That may well help if I chicken out of adding a capacitor. I'm tempted…"

"Thanks again Blind Lemon Cello. I've heard of the orange drop so might go with that.…"

"Yeah just looking at capacitors on eBay now. I didn't realise what the capacitor was…"

"Ah. I didn't know that not using one would make the tone act as a volume Looks like…"

"Hey Sean. As far as I'm aware folk use fretboard for these instruments because they…"

"Morning, Arthur. There can be several reasons for string breakage on new builds. I'l…"

"Hi Jerry. Firstly, I think the seven frets you may have seen are likely laid out in…"

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