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"We published our experiment mostly to help those building CBG's that wanted a clean…" Uncle Fred replied Apr 9, 2015 to Location, Location, Location: Positioning Magnetic Pickups	38	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"We found we could tweak the sound a little bit by slanting the pickup. I you wanted…" Uncle Fred replied Apr 9, 2015 to Location, Location, Location: Positioning Magnetic Pickups	38	Jun 16, 2015 Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague
"Wayfinder, you are right. I know others are using an inverter to power transistor a…" Uncle Fred replied Apr 5, 2015 to Which of these amps to get? Was unsure where to post this	28	Apr 5, 2015 Reply by Uncle Fred
"For the past 3 months, my favorite practice amp is a Roland Cube 1x8 10GX. It's 10…" Uncle Fred replied Apr 4, 2015 to Which of these amps to get? Was unsure where to post this	28	Apr 5, 2015 Reply by Uncle Fred
"Tom, No heat sink is needed for powering the Roland 10GX. My voltage regulator doesn…" Uncle Fred replied Feb 17, 2015 to Battery power for the Roland Cube 10GX Amplifier	12	Feb 19, 2015 Reply by Mungo Park
"The history is cool, thanks. I guess I'm a little slow, I still don't understand why…" Uncle Fred replied Nov 18, 2014 to Radius fret-less fret-board and strings	15	Nov 23, 2014 Reply by Mark
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"I expect that there is a good reason for the radius on electrics and some acoustics.…" Uncle Fred replied Nov 17, 2014 to Radius fret-less fret-board and strings	15	Nov 23, 2014 Reply by Mark
"I use regular table salt like Morton's. Don't use too much salt or it will keep the…" Uncle Fred replied Oct 29, 2014 to Air Gap Between Box Top and Neck?	32	Oct 30, 2014 Reply by Tom T
"I keep a table salt shaker in my glue area. A few grains of salt on the glue surfac…" Uncle Fred replied Oct 29, 2014 to Air Gap Between Box Top and Neck?	32	Oct 30, 2014 Reply by Tom T

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Uncle Fred's Discussions (51)

"We published our experiment mostly to help those building CBG's that wanted a clean…"

"We found we could tweak the sound a little bit by slanting the pickup. I you wanted…"

"Wayfinder, you are right. I know others are using an inverter to power transistor a…"

"For the past 3 months, my favorite practice amp is a Roland Cube 1x8 10GX. It's 10…"

"Tom, No heat sink is needed for powering the Roland 10GX. My voltage regulator doesn…"

"The history is cool, thanks. I guess I'm a little slow, I still don't understand why…"

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"I expect that there is a good reason for the radius on electrics and some acoustics.…"

"I use regular table salt like Morton's. Don't use too much salt or it will keep the…"

"I keep a table salt shaker in my glue area. A few grains of salt on the glue surfac…"

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