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  Bill Harbour May 23, 2011 at 4:50pm

  I did't know that.  I'll do some internet research on those.
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  Bill Harbour May 23, 2011 at 3:41pm

  LOL...yea...I didn't want to destroy my artwork by cutting a hole in the guitar.  So on the top it went.  It could be prettier though.  I could even mount a commercially made single coil or humbucker like that.
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  Bill Harbour May 22, 2011 at 12:53pm

  I will Ben. I'm going to upload some soundfiles today or tomorrow of the pup. Really well defined sound out of it. I have a new found respect for underpowered pups.
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  Bill Harbour May 17, 2011 at 11:22pm

  Ben...I took your advice and tried the RS mag wire.  I actually used a ceramic magnet from RS and glued a top and bottom plastic piece to it essentially making a thin bobbin out of the magnet.  The resistance and inductance was pretty low, even with 200 feet of mag wire.  The thin pickup will just fit under the strings as the action is pretty high anyway.  I've  yet to hook it up and will try that in the next few days.  I have a tube screamer that might make a good preamp for the pickup.  I've got some stronger neo magnets on order and will try the same wire with those...maybe the inductance will be greater.  Thanks again for the advice.
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  Bill Harbour May 13, 2011 at 3:22pm

  Ben:

   

  I saw where you had used Radio Shack magnetic wire for making a pickup.  Can you spare me some details.  I'm a ham radio operator and have used Radio Shack magnetic wire to wind inductors for radio use.  What gauge, how much wire, magnets, etc??

   

  Thanks,

   

  Bill
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  Uncle John March 29, 2011 at 7:29pm

  Hey, Ben.  I want to hear your version of Pallet.  I like Doc, but don't recall his version.  Wait a few days an post it.

   

  Faves of mine with Doc are Milk Cow Blues and I Am A Pilgrim.

    John
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  Dan Sleep February 20, 2011 at 11:54am

  I got a simple percussion loop worked out. Want me to email it to you?
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  Mister Scott January 3, 2011 at 11:50am

  Sound advice! Thanks! I've actually had my eye on a splurge-buy for some time: the Robert Johnson Slide Bar...

  http://www.amazon.com/BigHeart-Robert-Johnson-Legacy-Bronze/dp/B000...
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  Mister Scott January 3, 2011 at 10:51am

  Howdy, Ben. Got any good tips for making a lap steel build? I've been researching them and the build seems pretty straight forward, but I always like to ask if other people have any suggestions that they learned early on in their own builds...
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  Keni Lee Burgess November 18, 2010 at 7:45am

  Thank you Ben for responding. Yes, definitely each tuning offers it own unique voice too. Currently, I am working with a system of movable chords based on a 513 interval, but there are five other possibilities too, that can be used as a basis for building a moveable chord system: 531, 315, 351, 135, 153. Talk about options! Enjoy.