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"I got one of those Tremolo circuits in my old Silvertone tube amp. Works great and y…" Paul Craig replied Oct 25, 2015 to Build Your Own Vibrato - Vintage tube driven tremolo plans from 1957 [Free PDF Download]	7	Mar 1, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Good to have those schematics, thanks for posting them. The bassman mod is a good on…" Paul Craig replied Oct 24, 2015 to how to hack regularly available charity shop electronics to make an amp	18	Nov 5, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"Mine wasn't a module. Board and parts. Wired and soldered myself with real pots.&nbs…" Paul Craig replied Oct 23, 2015 to how to hack regularly available charity shop electronics to make an amp	18	Nov 5, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"There's a couple different schematics on the net: the Rudy, Noisy Cricket, Smokey an…" Paul Craig replied Oct 23, 2015 to how to hack regularly available charity shop electronics to make an amp	18	Nov 5, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"The IM386 chips are great, love my Ruby amp and my dual chip "Ruby-ish" amp (I'll dr…" Paul Craig replied Oct 22, 2015 to how to hack regularly available charity shop electronics to make an amp	18	Nov 5, 2015 Reply by Paul Craig
"Preamps make a piezo sound better, but you have to make space for the preamp and the…" Paul Craig replied Oct 21, 2015 to Do I need a preamp?	2	Oct 22, 2015 Reply by darryl kernaghan
"As for the neck, I can't see why it wouldn't work. The Taylor T5 series has a pickup…" Paul Craig replied Oct 21, 2015 to Pickup placement other than body	23	Feb 3, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"Could use a bar piezo in the bridge." Paul Craig replied Oct 21, 2015 to Pickup placement other than body	23	Feb 3, 2019 Reply by Tim Pannabecker
"Deltagrooveguitars.com They make a 3 pole and 4 pole P90 style pup that sound good.…" Paul Craig replied Oct 20, 2015 to 3 String P90's Anyone ?	3	Oct 23, 2015 Reply by Skeesix
"Great idea. I've been eyeing the table saw idea, would like to do something with a s…" Paul Craig replied Oct 19, 2015 to Cheapest Motorized Fret Slots Cutting Aid (Drill-Driven Fret Slotter)	16	Sep 20, 2016 Reply by Randy S. Bretz

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Paul Craig's Discussions (3,491)

"I got one of those Tremolo circuits in my old Silvertone tube amp. Works great and y…"

"Good to have those schematics, thanks for posting them. The bassman mod is a good on…"

"Mine wasn't a module. Board and parts. Wired and soldered myself with real pots.&nbs…"

"There's a couple different schematics on the net: the Rudy, Noisy Cricket, Smokey an…"

"The IM386 chips are great, love my Ruby amp and my dual chip "Ruby-ish" amp (I'll dr…"

"Preamps make a piezo sound better, but you have to make space for the preamp and the…"

"As for the neck, I can't see why it wouldn't work. The Taylor T5 series has a pickup…"

"Could use a bar piezo in the bridge."

"Deltagrooveguitars.com They make a 3 pole and 4 pole P90 style pup that sound good.…"

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