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  • Jim Woods August 27, 2012 at 11:29am

    I cut a kerf in a strip of wood leaving about a 1/16 wood at the bottom. The rod piezo goes nicely in the 1/8" kerf with a wood or corian strip as a saddle fitting over the piezo .  I notice a definite advantage for the rod piezo sound quality.

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  • Wade August 25, 2012 at 9:16pm

    I built and glued this one around the piezo with scraps of ebony. The piezo is under the maple piece.305880438?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • Greg Roberts August 25, 2012 at 5:02pm
    I used a 1/8" brass nipple for my bridge and glued it in there with silicone and put brass caps on and it sounds great

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  • Ron "Oily" Sprague August 24, 2012 at 3:12pm
    Check out Randy Bretz' bridge / rod piezo / saddle combos. Basically, he makes a slot in his Spectrawood bridge deep enough to hold the rod piezo, then puts a buffalo bone saddle directly atop that. The bridge has a tiny hole for the wire to feed down into the box, but itself is typically not glued down to the top of the box.
  • Reverend Otis August 23, 2012 at 12:45am

    ive even used them as the actual bridge a few times. they work by picking up the vibration of the string so the more direct contact the better

    • mike mccaw > Reverend Otis August 24, 2012 at 1:23pm

      I've seen a few st up like that,but will the strings eventually cut into the pezio and ruin it like that?

  • Reverend Otis August 23, 2012 at 12:43am

    i generally mount them as close to the strings as possible, if you can, directly under the bridge so that the two are touching

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