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Comment by Glenn Kaiser on November 11, 2015 at 7:53am

Ain't no end to it! A friend passed his outboard Harley radio on to me... it will eventually become an amp, battery or wall plug works, super cool. But hey, I dig coffee and "Overdrive"... absolutely! -Glenn

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on November 10, 2015 at 6:56pm

Especially with "Overdrive" label on it...

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on November 10, 2015 at 6:55pm

Wayfinder, I couldn't agree more!! -Glenn

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on November 10, 2015 at 6:45am

So just liberated this can from the trash. SCREAMIN' diddley bow (lap or keyboard stand type) at me!

Comment by Paul Craig on October 26, 2015 at 8:21am

A friend of mine used an old AT computer power supply to power his chip amp build.

Comment by Ken Moyer on October 26, 2015 at 2:30am

I've been hitting up our companies I.T. department. Used computer power supplies yield a pile of wire and a few fan covers, well worth the time to tear apart!\

Comment by Marcia Burgmann on October 25, 2015 at 8:04pm

This thread has really got me thinking!!! I've bee playing around with old headphones to make a few pick up for a stomp box, washtub bass & now getting into building some tin can (condenser style) microphones & shock mounts.  I work in a hospital too & often there's lot's of old retired equipment in our basement (I call it the dungeon). I'll have to look more carefully next time & meanwhile make better friends with our Biomedical Engineers!!!

Comment by Paul Craig on October 25, 2015 at 12:08pm

Elwood is correct, this will not work. The tapping noise was just me completing a circuit when I tapped(positive going to ground). I taped the leads face down to a board and tapped the board with no results.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained or lost. Thought they may have worked differently than they did. Oh well, I still have some wire.

Comment by Paul Craig on October 25, 2015 at 11:23am

I cut the sticky pad away leaving the metal disc attached to the plastic snap connector. I then use a old guitar cord with one end cut off and attached the ground to the harness ground and signal to one of the leads. Turned on the amp and tapped the metal disc and the sound came through the amp along with a good bit of noise.

I'll play around with it some more to see if I can get the noise down and find out if it's worth doing.If nothing else, I got some free wire.

Comment by Paul Craig on October 24, 2015 at 9:17pm

Was at the hospital visiting someone and they had him hooked up to a EKG with all those stick on wires. The nurse removed the wiring harness and tossed it in the trash.

I grabbed it and put in in my back pocket and brought it home. My wife asked WHY? I said, think about it, this is basically 6 mini piezo pickups/contact mics with a wiring harness and it's free.

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