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Hair Clipper Pickup

Posted by Pinkie Stanley on May 2, 2011 at 7:45pm
Test of homemade magnetic diddley bow pickup made from an old Sears hair clipper coil and a cow magnet.
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Tags: bow, clipper, coil, cow, diddley, hair, homemade, magnet, magnetic, pickup, pole, single, trimmer
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  • Pinkie Stanley May 9, 2011 at 2:59pm
    Yeah, the fact that cow magnets are strong makes them handy for separating out ferrous metal from other stuff and for finding flyaway springs in the shop. I think this is pretty much the first time I've ever found any practical use for hair clippers though. :D
  • Old Lowe May 8, 2011 at 1:08am

    Cow magnets are strong!

     

  • Pinkie Stanley May 2, 2011 at 9:34pm
    Hi James, actually it sounds pretty decent... as far as I can tell just having it balanced there and connected by test clips. It's definitely plenty loud. I need to raise it up just a bit closer to the string then stick it all together with some blue masking tape so I can wail on it a bit and see what kinda tone it puts out. I'll post again after I play with it some more.
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