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"CBGitty sells the jack plate you want to use... " JL replied Mar 20, 2019 to help placing a pickup on a canjo	14	Oct 4, 2019 Reply by BrianQ.
"vertical ¿plinth?, bottle bridge, sounds like a bass scale plank-type diddley bow. E…" JL replied Mar 14, 2019 to Doghouse Double Bass - in the Vertical Position	3	Mar 14, 2019 Reply by BrianQ.
"I see what looks like 3 wires coming out of the pickup, which looks like a hummbucke…" JL replied Mar 14, 2019 to earthing problem	4	Mar 14, 2019 Reply by JL
"and make sure your tuner is in chromatic mode and not guitar mode." JL replied Mar 14, 2019 to Tuning nightmare	10	Mar 22, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Are you using a bolt or round rod for the nut, and did you set the frets from its ce…" JL replied Mar 11, 2019 to Problem CGB	18	Mar 14, 2019 Reply by Thomas Rasmussen
"Rods have a tiny fraction of the crystal that disks have, which is why they work bet…" JL replied Mar 10, 2019 to Rod Piezo Question	17	Mar 15, 2019 Reply by Taffy Evans
"Always happy to help. This is an oversimplification: Thin strings bend easy over the…" JL replied Mar 10, 2019 to Bridge angle?	7	Mar 10, 2019 Reply by JL
"and how much corrosion can build up on the pot's variable resister from just sitting…" JL replied Jan 21, 2019 to Volume/tone knobs crackling	7	Jan 21, 2019 Reply by Tom T
"Same string, tuned to the same note, on a shorter scale, is under less tension, flop…" JL replied Jan 15, 2019 to Fret board Length	19	Jan 19, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Same string, tuned to the same note, on a shorter scale, is under less tension, flop…" JL replied Jan 15, 2019 to Fret board Length	19	Jan 19, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig

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JL's Discussions (1,093)

"CBGitty sells the jack plate you want to use... "

"vertical ¿plinth?, bottle bridge, sounds like a bass scale plank-type diddley bow. E…"

"I see what looks like 3 wires coming out of the pickup, which looks like a hummbucke…"

"and make sure your tuner is in chromatic mode and not guitar mode."

"Are you using a bolt or round rod for the nut, and did you set the frets from its ce…"

"Rods have a tiny fraction of the crystal that disks have, which is why they work bet…"

"Always happy to help. This is an oversimplification: Thin strings bend easy over the…"

"and how much corrosion can build up on the pot's variable resister from just sitting…"

"Same string, tuned to the same note, on a shorter scale, is under less tension, flop…"

"Same string, tuned to the same note, on a shorter scale, is under less tension, flop…"

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