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"Thanks so much. I’ll print it out and save it for when I’m on two feet again (long s…" Andy Busch replied Feb 16, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Brian: I may take you up on that. I’ll reach out when the time comes. Thanks!" Andy Busch replied Feb 16, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Hi guys. Again, thanks for the advice. One more Q: the speaker pictured is 8 inches…" Andy Busch replied Feb 16, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Great advice. I saw the vids about how to find the polarities of the speaker, and yo…" Andy Busch replied Feb 13, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"All really helpful guys—thanks. One more Q: where do I look to get instructions on h…" Andy Busch replied Feb 12, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Thanks Brian. So, am I to gather that the transformer isn’t a necessary piece of equ…" Andy Busch replied Feb 10, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Thanks Timothy. I had seen these vids before; good refresher. Sorry, I’m a total dun…" Andy Busch replied Feb 10, 2022 to Making a pickup from a wire coil on a speaker	17	Feb 16, 2022 Reply by Andy Busch
"Okay. Home skillet be a crazy man. Good music? Nah. Fascinating? You bet!" Andy Busch replied Aug 20, 2018 to VIDEO: The Flamethrower Organ	2	Aug 20, 2018 Reply by Andy Busch
":)" Andy Busch replied May 14, 2018 to What to do with a rusty hoe...	7	May 14, 2018 Reply by Andy Busch
"Bone nut? Hmm.... Quite often I use a piece of all-thread. Would that work for th…" Andy Busch replied May 14, 2018 to What to do with a rusty hoe...	7	May 14, 2018 Reply by Andy Busch

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Andy Busch's Discussions (68)

"Thanks so much. I’ll print it out and save it for when I’m on two feet again (long s…"

"Brian: I may take you up on that. I’ll reach out when the time comes. Thanks!"

"Hi guys. Again, thanks for the advice. One more Q: the speaker pictured is 8 inches…"

"Great advice. I saw the vids about how to find the polarities of the speaker, and yo…"

"All really helpful guys—thanks. One more Q: where do I look to get instructions on h…"

"Thanks Brian. So, am I to gather that the transformer isn’t a necessary piece of equ…"

"Thanks Timothy. I had seen these vids before; good refresher. Sorry, I’m a total dun…"

"Okay. Home skillet be a crazy man. Good music? Nah. Fascinating? You bet!"

":)"

"Bone nut? Hmm.... Quite often I use a piece of all-thread. Would that work for th…"

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