Gender
Male
Location
Mount Prospect, IL
Birthday:
August 28
I am doing my first build and currently my Nut is a nail and my bridge is a piece of oak. I am using half a pbass pickup, with the bridge being wood do I need to add a copper strip or something to the bridge so I can ground the strings?
Read more…Todays woot has me thinking how to make a pickup out of these? probably be too strong.
Read more…I had a part of an old oak table top that was a genuine barn find. I cut it down 20 years ago to make a coffee table and now the rest has been ripped into 5 maybe 6 necks. Area hogged out for top; Next is same for slotted headpiece w/tuners I…
Read more…Went to Binny's at lunch and started my new hobby with a $6 investment.
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Tried making a spot pickup from a small relay coil and a Harbor Freight button supermagnet, with a machine screw for a mounting bolt / polepiece. The bolts will conduct the field as if you were using rod magnets. Two magnets on the bottom end will double the sensitivity. Surprising bit of volume from an old boom box amp, not sure if the output is compatible with a real amp.