G'day all,
I'm in the process of building a biscuit tin guitar and was planning on fitting a duel piezo pick up. I have built 2 of these guitars previously, one with a magnetic pick up and one with a single piezo.
I struggled to get a sound that i was happy with using the piezo pick up. I moved it all around the place but it was never quite right to my ears. Possible the tin l was using was the issue.
The Biscuit tin with the mag pickup just sounded like an everyday electric guitar. Not really the sound I was after.
Was planning to use a duel piezo pick up for this build! Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Paul.
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As for sounding good or bad, it is very subjective. I did one build that I was disappointed with. High action, didn't like the tone, etc...I put it on consignment at the local music store and two weeks later I was going to pick it up to scrap it and salvage the parts. Turns out a guy loved it and wanted to know if I could build another just like it. He uses it only for slide and liked what I called a muddy sound. All that being said, someone else will love the it sounds so it was obviously made for them.
$.02:
Paul, you might be right about the tin being the issue in this case, but as always, so many things figure into the equation. Trying to get exactly the Sound we're lookin' for sometimes feels as fruitless as the search for the Holy Grail. The only thing I'm sure about with all this is: experiment, experiment some more, and YMMV.*
*"Your Mileage May Vary”
("Your Kilometer-age(?!) May Vary" might make more sense to you DownUnderians with the funny odometers.)
Mn you'll just as likely get some guys telling you that they work great and you're just doing it wrong. That is possible. It is also very possible that you wouldn't like the sound of their builds either.