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used a hacksaw blade to cut up the back of a broken picture frame |
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items: copper wire, neodymium magnets, bolts, back of a picture frame, hacksaw blade |
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measuring. 4 strings is plenty. |
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cutting down the bolts (to about 3.5-4 cm). the magnets connect to these ends. |
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tacking everything in place with hot glue |
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copper wire wound and sealed with hot glue |
The pickup appears to be working but will probably need further insulation. I need to test it properly with some nickel or steel strings, which will happen as I build the rest of the instrument I guess...
Reading
Tales from Moominvalley, Tove Jansson
Art Sex Music, Cosey Fanni Tutti
Listening to
Nothing Great about Britain, Slowthai
Never Work, Ariel Sharratt & Mathia Kom
Plastic Kettle, Stanley Brinks
Onward Aeropuerto, Susie Asado
Lvov in the Streets, Jack Lesser Lewis' Awkward Energy