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"Wes Yates uses the construction paper method. I prefer to use bamboo shish-ka-bob s…" Outhouse Instruments replied Oct 3, 2011 to What do you use for side fret markers?	20	Oct 10, 2011 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"You bought with all those taped splices? 1- You know why regular electric gits have…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 29, 2011 to Grounding Question	14	Apr 14, 2012 Reply by Malcolm Haines
"I assume you are talking about the sides of the lid being 1" tall. That won't be a p…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 27, 2011 to first time cbg builder...tips appreciated!	4	Sep 27, 2011 Reply by Outhouse Instruments
"You can use a big square thin cigar box. Lots of early banjos used thin wood tops in…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 25, 2011 to Question regarding Banjo construction.	13	Sep 29, 2011 Reply by Chuck Dubman
"Part of the problem is the piezo being on the neck. It needs to be on the box lid (I…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 25, 2011 to Dead string!!	7	Sep 25, 2011 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Don't overlook the obvious ... turn the gain down. AFKAM" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 21, 2011 to Piezo feedback	28	Jul 10, 2012 Reply by Darren Wolbold
"Here's an option. http://www.syncobass.com/ AFKAM" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 18, 2011 to Pickup builders...	25	Oct 11, 2011 Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars)
"My suggestion is to ditch the volume pot all together. I don't use controls on my CB…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 12, 2011 to Annoying Hum	7	Sep 12, 2011 Reply by Outhouse Instruments
"With correct nut and bridge height and correct frets, string gauge should have no ef…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 11, 2011 to I have two builds that are flat from 12th fret through 20th fret --> Advice	8	Sep 16, 2011 Reply by Hippy Chip
"I would shield the pup. Just for info, the first thing I always do with new basses i…" Outhouse Instruments replied Sep 11, 2011 to Help with Hum please	23	Sep 12, 2011 Reply by Penny Nelson

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Outhouse Instruments's Discussions (497)

"Wes Yates uses the construction paper method. I prefer to use bamboo shish-ka-bob s…"

"You bought with all those taped splices? 1- You know why regular electric gits have…"

"I assume you are talking about the sides of the lid being 1" tall. That won't be a p…"

"You can use a big square thin cigar box. Lots of early banjos used thin wood tops in…"

"Part of the problem is the piezo being on the neck. It needs to be on the box lid (I…"

"Don't overlook the obvious ... turn the gain down. AFKAM"

"Here's an option. http://www.syncobass.com/ AFKAM"

"My suggestion is to ditch the volume pot all together. I don't use controls on my CB…"

"With correct nut and bridge height and correct frets, string gauge should have no ef…"

"I would shield the pup. Just for info, the first thing I always do with new basses i…"

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