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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 13, 2017 at 5:06am

I'm building one as well, as small and light as a piezo pickup is, couldn't imagine it having any negligible effect on sound quality, although mounting it on the underside of the cone will probably give you the closest to an amplified resonator sound versus mounting it somewhere on the soundboard which will pickup more string vibration transferred to the soundboard like regular CBG's giving less of a res sound, my theory anyway. I'm going to try and mount one directly under the center where the saddle/puck will be mounted.

Love to see pics of your build as you go.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 13, 2017 at 7:25pm

I normally use 27mm discs, but if you are going to mount it to the metal, I find them a bit hot...  20mm seems to work better for me.

I do a lot of Paint can Reso's...  I mount the piezo under the edge of the bridge.  I get lots of twang..

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Permalink Reply by G.S. Monroe on October 13, 2017 at 11:18pm

The best place I've found for mounting is inside the cone in the center directly under the biscuit. Let there be a little slack in the wiring harness. 

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on October 14, 2017 at 12:45am

I make my own rod piezo reso biscuits

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on October 14, 2017 at 1:44am

Looks great! Is that a stove burner?

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Permalink Reply by Ronald Hanes on October 14, 2017 at 1:51am

Thanks everyone for the great info. I mounted it centered  on the inside of the cone. Embedded it in a little clear silicone sealer. It sounds fine to me. Sounds lot like my old squareneck dobro.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on October 14, 2017 at 3:16am

Post a video!  we'd love to hear it!

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