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"Seems like every few months this site has problems, which Is why I switched to using…" Korrigan replied Mar 9, 2020 to The site is bonkers this morning	17	Mar 26, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
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"Yes, active distortion will work with a piezo. Search Ebay for Artec QDD... you'll f…" Korrigan replied Feb 15, 2020 to Want more distortion	5	Feb 15, 2020 Reply by Kigar
"As long as you still have 2 wires attached to brass and ceramic it should work." Korrigan replied Jan 18, 2020 to Where does the magic happen in a piezo?	4	Jan 21, 2020 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH
"If you have Facebook Taff, you should join some Groups, there's a whole lot more act…" Korrigan replied Jan 6, 2020 to An experiment.....	4	Jan 7, 2020 Reply by Taffy Evans
"15% of scale length away from the bridge gives the best balanced tone. It's actually…" Korrigan replied Sep 9, 2019 to Pickup placing	9	Sep 10, 2019 Reply by Seasick Mick
"LOL" Korrigan replied Sep 4, 2019 to anyone seen these Pearlman bass guitars yet	1	Sep 4, 2019 Reply by Korrigan
"Good eye Titch. I was just looking at the pics again and wondering about the placeme…" Korrigan replied Aug 7, 2019 to Intonation problems	8	Aug 15, 2019 Reply by Sweet Crooks
"A taller nut would make the problem worse since you would need to press the string d…" Korrigan replied Aug 7, 2019 to Intonation problems	8	Aug 15, 2019 Reply by Sweet Crooks
"Personally, I wouldn't touch one with a 10 foot pole.Lace might know pickups but the…" Korrigan replied Jul 18, 2019 to Anyone own one of the Lace CBGs?	15	Jul 27, 2019 Reply by KOOL DOG HOOCH

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Korrigan's Discussions (449)

"Seems like every few months this site has problems, which Is why I switched to using…"

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"Yes, active distortion will work with a piezo. Search Ebay for Artec QDD... you'll f…"

"As long as you still have 2 wires attached to brass and ceramic it should work."

"If you have Facebook Taff, you should join some Groups, there's a whole lot more act…"

"15% of scale length away from the bridge gives the best balanced tone. It's actually…"

"LOL"

"Good eye Titch. I was just looking at the pics again and wondering about the placeme…"

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