Go Acoustic Audio: Paul McGill & Ben Shaw
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Our thursday Go Acoustic Audio video meeting
Hi everyone, Thursday we will be doing a video feed with Ian to discuss our work, Developing an Acoustic guitar amplification system that provides players a better option than the common concepts so exploited for so many decades. As part of this discussion we would like to have people offer there issues with pickups and their concerns about what we offer. Given Pickups are so much part of Acoustic guitar performance we would like to hav…
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So nice to spend time with so many of your last thursday. One topic we discussed was installing our system in a older ESs with AA battery boxes. We made up this conversion which could be used with oth…
New member intro
Being new here, thought I would post an introduction. My name is Paul McGill Mcgillguitars.com I have been making guitars since 1976. I have lived and worked in Nashville since 1985 when I relocated here to work in the repair/restoration shop at Gruhn guitars. 410 Broadway, now a novelty shop. I was there a short time before commiting full time to guitar making as I had done prior to moving here. My main influence as a guitar maker was Ro…
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Hope to Paul, We did the 3 amigos show down there last March I doubt we will do it again though. Paul
Thoughts on tone control pots
Howdy gang! I was recently trying to find something in my shop and came across a box of 500k linear taper pots. I always use audio taper for volume, but what do you guys and gals think of audio versus linear taper for tone control? I've seen both used, but it's been a bit since I wired a guitar from scratch and can't remember which I prefer. Thoughts?
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Question about using a resister in parallel for volume and tone pots
I need a couple long-shaft 250K audio taper pots for a single vol/tone guitar. Technically I need long(er) shaft; has to be 3/8" on top of the friction washer. I've got 500K pots in stock, actual long-shaft. I could use a 500K resister in parallel, but I've heard it will alter the taper. Can anyone tell me how the taper will be altered? Not sure what to expect.
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Hi, here an example for linear taper, because it is easier to understand: if you have a linear pot at 250k it has a resitance of 125k in the center position. if you have a 500kpot and a 500k resstor you…
USA parts
Im trying my best to keep all of my parts to be made in the USA. With that, i have been having a difficult time finding potentiometers. Cts are made in Taiwan, alpha ate made in korea, bourns are in canada or Mexico. I found that missing link audio has American made parts but not pots. I emailed mojotone on their "push push" and i emailed the supplier tedss for any help in direction. Does anyone here know of any pots that are made in th…
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