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Shielding Alternatives?

In the spirit of my last question, I was wondering.... Has anyone used aluminum flue tape to shield boxes/pickups? I've heard that aluminum foil can be used as a poor-man's shielding.... True? If so, would the flue tape work too? I actually don't k

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Home made rezo

Hey, Just joined - what a great group. I tend to build solid electrics but have just discovered CBGs and Im converted! I really want a resonator though, but over here in the UK 6" cones etc are a small fortune and that kinda goes against the grain of

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Shielded hookup wire -- sources?

I don't have a ready supply of conventional shielded audio cable where I live, and I dislike shopping online. I found, while disassembling an old RCA cable the other day (long story), that, while very narrow gauge, there appears to be some stranded s

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String it up!

I have used bicycle spoke ends(female threaded part) and also cut the ends of broken strings off and used the ball end to keep strings from digging into the wood. How do you keep the ball end of your strings from digging into the wood?

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Soundholes

Here a pic of my first CBG. It took me some time to come up with soundholes. I ended up using two lids from empty turpentine containers. I cut out the bottom to just make a simple bezel. I'm experimenting with screen mesh to put inside some new ones

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