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Diddly bow humbucker orientation?

All, was admiring Shane's new "Deadly Bow" post last week and thinking I need to build one, and got to wondering about the orientation of the mag pickup. If I use a 6 string mag pickup as Shane does, but orient it with all of the magnets in line with

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Pickup Advice Needed For Resonator CBG

Found a couple of nice pie tins recently at goodwill store and planning to take a shot at my first resonator build. While I expect to generally play it acoustic, may want to plug it in occasionally. What type of pickup would be best to preserve that

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Merry Christmas All You CBG People!

Hopefully many of you have a few days off around the holiday to build another git, practice your playing, or just relax.  Merry Christmas to all of you folks and thanks for all of your help and advice - I'm hoping to finish one up for my son over the

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Glass cigar tubes for slides?

Guys,

I got about 20 glass cigar tubes (el Producto) with one of the boxes I bought on eBay, and was wondering if I could make functional slides out of them.  They're obviously too long & will need to be shortened, but do any of you have any suggesti

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Next Newby Question - Piezos

Stopped at Radio Shack on my way home today to grab a Piezo buzzer.   I think I may have grabbed the wrong one.  Part number is 273-0060, and when I cracked open the lid, in addition to the piezo disc, there is a small circuit board (same size as the

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