Hey y'all,
I chose to ask this question here rather than the Reso Hangout forum, since I get the impression over there they are a little less DIY (erhm budget minded) when it comes to gear. Makes since, you got an expensive antique instrument, really,
How did you get your best crunchy overdriven tones out of a cbg with a piezo? I don't generally prefer any more than a natural crunch. Half the time, the amp is plenty, the rest of the time, I use a pedal--I'm partial to Wampler stuff. I pretty m
Read more…I bought by mail a couple of twin piezo pickups. On inspection I found the cables connecting the discs to the pots to be so long that I couldn't install them into the narrow profile cigar box. As I had a spare unit to use as a pattern at I decided
Read more…I finished my first build, mostly, and I’m very happy with the results.
Here is a question: I don’t have a sound hole yet. I am very happy with the sound of the piezo that is wedged between the neck and the lid. I like the sustain I am getting throug
Read more…Greetings, all!
I am running an after-school/summer program (tinyurl/com/r3atmase), and we are attempting to make cigar box guitars. This is my question. I have ordered Rod piezos.
Why doesn't this work?
I have connected the rod piezo to a female
Read more…I need some help from the brain trust. I have a rod piezo with a center lead for a violin and the ends are unterminated. One lead is white the other is unshielded. I want to solder the ends to a simple 1/4" mono jack. With a regular round piezo, I us
Read more…You've shaped the neck, cut the soundholes and put all those glorious electronics inside. Now it's time to attach the lid to the box!
In the video below, I show the simple way that I attach the lid. As you can see, I prefer to use "drop in lid" ci
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And I have a little issue...
I'm using both under saddle PU and disc PU inside, combined they don't sound so good so I use an ON/ON switch to go back and forth. But when I flip from under saddle to disc I get a loud POP,
Read more…Get the most out of your acoustic/electric cigar box guitars with an inexpensive piezo rod & preamp unit.
In this video, I show a simple mounting technique for neck-through cigar box guitars. The sound is fantastic and really allows a great tone re
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Hey guys. Still pulling my hair out here with getting the piezo rod pickups grounded.
I had a completed build that worked fine and sounded great... when you were touching the jack or the volume pot. Otherwise, bad hum. Grounding problem! I trace
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Love this forum and website. I'm having so much fun! I finished my first CBG (see profile pic) and I am having a blast with it. It plays great, and I'm learning to play slide, with much advise from the smart folks here.
I'm thinking about
Read more…Hi there! First of all, I'm new to this site and want to say hello! I'm building a 3 string resonator for a customer. I'm using a brass lightning cone from cb gitty, as well as their piezo disc pickup kit, which comes with 2 discs. My idea is to put
Read more…Hello everyone, i'm currently having a battle with my first build.
i have tried mounting piezo pickups in several places but i cant seem
to get rid off the exsessive handling noise. the body is made of powder coated metal
and a table leg runs throug
Read more…First: sorry about the image quality.
I need to ground my jack to my bridge so I went and got a solder gun and wire.
In the pic below I have there is the white wire (I assume lead) that comes from the center of the black wire. It is soldered to a
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Hello.
Sorry about my English.
I'm from Brazil.
My name is Alcides Cursino and I 'm making a piezo bridge for CBG . I wonder if I should put 1 or 2 piezos in bridge for better sound .
So I recently added a piezo pickup to one of my builds. The installation was relatively easy. The piezo had an adhesive backing, and I just stuck it under the the top of the instrument, as close to the bridge as possible. However, I notice that it
Read more…hey everyone! i make piezo pickups in my spare time and sell them on ebay or locally. i will make custom orders for not much more than i sell an already wired system. i usually make a 3 disk configuration, with the exposed part of the disk encased in
Read more…i noticed when going to buy piezo disc pickups that different sizes have different resonant frequencies... anyone have any useful advice about that? thanks :)
Read more…Hi there, this is my first post on this forum.
I have been gathering parts for a few months now and am planning to start building my first CBG soon. Off course I would also like to electrify it, but I have no experience whatsoever with electronics.
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