Hi All
Just finished adding a Piezo pickup to my diddly bow.
used the following from maplin (uk shop!): - Piezo and 1/4" mono jack
secured the piezo to the can with lashings of hot glue - works a treat
ps: read online that its a good idea to hot glue gu
Building my first CBG using Make Magazine plans (most recent) and I am electrifying it using a Radioshack piezo part #273-0059 (2700 +/- 500Hz).
I have two questions:
1) The piezo I have was in the plastic housing with a circuitboard. From what I ha
I had read a "How To" Building a Piezo pick up somewhere else on the net and the artical mention if "some" of the white crystal substance chipped off during disassebly of the plastic case that it would not effect its operation. Well after I took mine
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Attempts at wiring my first piezo have, unfortunately failed! Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I used the wiring diagram below. I used the input jack as pictured.
First question : I wired the tab on the far right of the jack as the H
Second build is a 4 string. Progessing great. Trying to find somewhere around here (Columbus, Ohio) to buy curtain grommets. Also trying to decide how I want to "electrify" this one. I used the radio shack piezo on the first one but I get alot of nec
Read more…Hey guys, appologies if this has been covered but there are a LOT of discussion to file through.
I've been experimenting with piezo elements to amplify one of my CBG's and a mic and i get the same issue with both...they feedback like a bitch!
I've trie
Can you wire two piezo pickups in series like you can single coil pickups? If so would it work to simply wire the ground of one to the jack/switch/knob/etc. then wire that hot from that pickup to the ground of the other pickup's ground wire, and wire
Read more…How much have you guys been spending on a piezo pickup for your gbg's? I've seen them range between 20 and 200 bucks. Looking to stay in the lower price range but will it be sufficient or a cbg?
Read more…I know in the past there have been some discussions about how to blend an electro-mag pup and a piezo. Usually we go towards the switches but those of us who have tried that have found that while we get some interesting variations, its not really wha
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