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Started this discussion. Last reply by Wayfinder Feb 11. 8 Replies 0 Likes

Just fished these tube pickups made from spent shotgun shells .my first…Continue

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Andrew Hanrahan replied to Richard's discussion tube pickups

"You can still figure it out easily enough knowing that like poles will repel each other while opposite poles attract. So take a small magnet you have on hand and touch one of its poles to your pickups magnets and see if it attracts or…"

Feb 11

Richard replied to Richard's discussion tube pickups

"thanks for explaining this to me , I wish Id payed more attention now to which way the magnets were oriented when I wound them. Thanks again Andrew for the valuable information Cheers Rich"

Feb 11

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Richard left a comment for Ted Crocker

"Hi Ted thanks for accepting me into the site, already found much needed information on wiring for pickups . Cheers Rich"

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Welcome to the Clubhouse! How did you hear about us?: saw a link sometime ago at cigarbox nation

What instruments are you building or playing?: box guitars ( dont seem to get decent size cigar boxes over here)so I make my own,canjoes ,pickaxe handle guitars
Currently converting old acoustic guitars to resonators
and trying to improve my playing , its a slow process.

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At 10:05am on February 7, 2019, Ted Crocker said…

At 11:24am on October 25, 2018, Ted Crocker said…: Hi Richard, welcome to the Handmade Music Clubhouse - Cigar Box Guitar Headquarters (CBG HQ)!

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