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"" François replied Feb 28, 2020 to The Cigar Box "Tramp Art" of the Smithsonian Institution	12	Mar 9, 2020 Reply by Lynn Hagans
"Piezos don't come in many flavors or quality. Disk or linear, big or small, and that…" François replied Feb 21, 2020 to The more I use piezos...	23	Feb 21, 2020 Reply by François
"I've done that a while ago and it works just fine. You just have to remember to unpl…" François replied Feb 18, 2020 to The more I use piezos...	23	Feb 21, 2020 Reply by François
"In its basic form, you choose a transformer that doesn't contain a switching power s…" François replied Feb 11, 2020 to The more I use piezos...	23	Feb 21, 2020 Reply by François
"Piezos work on a totally different principle than magnetic pickups. The metal disk i…" François replied Feb 10, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"Have you thought of making magnetic pickups using old wall-wart transformers? They'r…" François replied Feb 10, 2020 to The more I use piezos...	23	Feb 21, 2020 Reply by François
"This reminds me vaguely of the Seagull Merlin..." François replied Jan 5, 2020 to Another silly idea I just had....	8	Jan 6, 2020 Reply by James Pobog
"I actually keep my c.a. glue in the refrigerator door. It prevents it from drying-up…" François replied Jan 5, 2020 to Buying in bulk	5	Jan 6, 2020 Reply by Timothy Hunter
"Woah! you're definitely getting more in the spirit than I do! Still have some cookin…" François replied Dec 23, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd
"That's really nice. Even the shape isn't too bad!" François replied Dec 5, 2019 to What's on your workbench?	2270	Sep 8, 2023 Reply by Carl Floyd

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François's Discussions (139)

""

"Piezos don't come in many flavors or quality. Disk or linear, big or small, and that…"

"I've done that a while ago and it works just fine. You just have to remember to unpl…"

"In its basic form, you choose a transformer that doesn't contain a switching power s…"

"Piezos work on a totally different principle than magnetic pickups. The metal disk i…"

"Have you thought of making magnetic pickups using old wall-wart transformers? They'r…"

"This reminds me vaguely of the Seagull Merlin..."

"I actually keep my c.a. glue in the refrigerator door. It prevents it from drying-up…"

"Woah! you're definitely getting more in the spirit than I do! Still have some cookin…"

"That's really nice. Even the shape isn't too bad!"

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