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"I didn't see a notch and it probably wouldn't have meant anything to me any way. Liv…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 9, 2013 to LED hookup	15	Jun 30, 2015 Reply by JL
"You may be right, I did power them up before I switched the leads. I have been known…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 9, 2013 to LED hookup	15	Jun 30, 2015 Reply by JL
"I went out and bought some new LED's from radio shack, they were clearly marked. I j…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 9, 2013 to LED hookup	15	Jun 30, 2015 Reply by JL
"both leads to the LED was the same but I did change them around and when I put toget…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 9, 2013 to LED hookup	15	Jun 30, 2015 Reply by JL
"Finally finished my 1st magnetic pickup build, thanks to all for cheering me on. Sim…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 1, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"Thanks Ron I wasn't sure about the tapping. Wiring was simple and the connections ar…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 1, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"I just finished the magnetic pickup install. I followed the wiring diagram. I plugge…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Oct 1, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"Once I understood the pickup is under the box lid this is the way I envisioned suppo…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Sep 22, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"here are several pics to illustrate...Marcus" Marcus P. Clarke replied Sep 22, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke
"I havn't cut the box yet it is a vintage box from an old cigar store in New York Cit…" Marcus P. Clarke replied Sep 22, 2013 to Gitty 4 pole single coil pickup	18	Oct 1, 2013 Reply by Marcus P. Clarke

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Marcus P. Clarke's Discussions (74)

"I didn't see a notch and it probably wouldn't have meant anything to me any way. Liv…"

"You may be right, I did power them up before I switched the leads. I have been known…"

"I went out and bought some new LED's from radio shack, they were clearly marked. I j…"

"both leads to the LED was the same but I did change them around and when I put toget…"

"Finally finished my 1st magnetic pickup build, thanks to all for cheering me on. Sim…"

"Thanks Ron I wasn't sure about the tapping. Wiring was simple and the connections ar…"

"I just finished the magnetic pickup install. I followed the wiring diagram. I plugge…"

"Once I understood the pickup is under the box lid this is the way I envisioned suppo…"

"here are several pics to illustrate...Marcus"

"I havn't cut the box yet it is a vintage box from an old cigar store in New York Cit…"

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