Hey folks. I'm building a guitar using an old metal oil can. I've used piezo pick-ups on wooden boxes with good results. What are people's opinions on using a piezo pickup with a metal can, versus any other kind of pickup? Thanks!
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Do you have any sound bites or vids of this Kid? I would love to hear it. I have a few old license plate guitars I want to build - the plates are too nice and old to hack into. This could be the perfect solution.
Larry, listen to the experts. And I will give you my non-expert experience. Piezos work well and I have done both the silicone thing and mounted (glued/silicone/hot melt glued) the piezo to a thin wood strip. All those worked well.
I put a base mag pup on can and it has a buzz. I THINK the pup is not touching metal (sitting on a piece of vinyl siding) and I think it is grounded and I know the metal tail piece is not touching the can. Sounds good when played, but buzzes annoyingly in between.
Good wishes. And by the way, I would never cage a Faraday. Let them fly like eagles, sing like birds, run like deer and shit like geese. Let them be free. Free the Faradays.
Well, on second thought, Phrygian's photo looks worth a try and I will try it some time. But I will disagree with his piezos sound bad dogma. They sure sound good to me.
gotta cast my vote for the poor little piezo too. They do exactly what we ask them to do. Read all the tips for mounting them, then make up some ideas of your own and share them with the class.
I like biguns and littleuns, round ones and skinnyuns.
If I could order the things in pink and blue..
I believe I'd probably like them too...
Thanks, folks. I'd be leaning toward the piezo solution just cuz I know my way around them but The Kid's mag pup approach looks do-able too. And Kid, the metal bridge idea sounds good too.
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