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Started by Jack Noller. Last reply by CJWilky Mar 29, 2016. 9 Replies 0 Likes
I would like to know the best Piezo location for the best sound quality and why. I know there are many different opinions on this subject. I personally like to locate 2 piezo inside the bridge, this…Continue
Started by Mark Reaney. Last reply by Bruce Trappes Sep 27, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,I just tried my first rod-piezo, mounted under the saddle of the bridge. I was rather underwhelmed. The sound was just fine, a bit more mellow than my usual disc type piezo, but the volume was so…Continue
Started by C Cook. Last reply by C Cook Jan 18, 2015. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Hey guys, Looking at stuff on YouTube the other day I saw where they were making Bongo's using those five gallon water bottles. One guy was wishing he could tune his so I think I came up with an…Continue
Started by Tom Lauten. Last reply by Tom Lauten Jan 2, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi everyone.I'm building a bass ukelele (the kind with rubber strings). I have chosen a rod piezo under the saddle. I want to add a a Tillman preamp plus a tone and volume pot set up to get the most…Continue
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white raven,i did this with one of my early builds,coin under brass rod bridge,i put a grub screw through the rod so as you tighten or loosen it it brightens or dulls the piezo,worked pretty well
Has anyone ever tried placing the piezo under a coin that is inlayed in to the surface? If it doesn't kill the sound, I think it could add a good design element and provide amplification at the same time.
Any thoughts?
Anyone try these bar type pickups? Seems like they would be great for kalimbas.
Hullo One and All.I've recently finished a one string diddly bow that has a rod piezo located in the bridge with a bone saddle.The volume and sound are great but if I turn the volume any higher than 2 on my amp,i'm getting a lot of screaming feedback.Is there any way I can eliminate or supress this?.....
Bear, thanks for the feedback...
I built Justin Johnson's latest Alabama licence plate guitar.
It has a cut down rod piezo with a PS-900 slider volume & tone control with corian bridge.
He liked the sound so much, he took it back to America with him.
I've pretty much given disk piezos away....very hard to reduce the harshness in them. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't.
OK gang.... I was reviewing some of my really old YouTube videos... I'm now wondering if simple disc piezos sound better wired straight to the jack without any pots in the line. I know it sounds a little crazy, but some of the songs recorded on simple CBGs with no volume pots seem to sound clearer/clean that songs recorded on later builds after I started putting volume pots on almost everything for the sake of ease during performance....
Anyone else come to this conclusion, or am I hearing something not really there
jantan, most piezo's can be cut...but rod and disc. experiment to find best setup.
I would like to install piezo for bass. I can only fit in half of the piezo.
Cork under piezo maks it sound lower. What hertz?
What is best parameters?
I would go with what cigarbox triplestring said about grounding, bend one leg and solder it to the case of the volume pot also ground from there to the black on the jack plug. You can also open up most guitars and see the same thing which is what I did and made me solder it the same after I had the same issue
Started by Jack Noller. Last reply by CJWilky Mar 29, 2016. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Started by Mark Reaney. Last reply by Bruce Trappes Sep 27, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
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