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"Alex, I put all my piezos in a wood bridge with the saddle laying on top. I tried in…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 27, 2011 to Piezos encased in wood	7	Apr 27, 2011 Reply by David Tutterrow GutBucketGuitars
"Mine are all tucked into the bridge. http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/padron22-1/…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 6, 2011 to Are All Transducers Created Equal?	6	Apr 7, 2011 Reply by Rob (Uker) Porras
"Richard those 3" deep box's are great!" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 6, 2011 to Are All Transducers Created Equal?	6	Apr 7, 2011 Reply by Rob (Uker) Porras
"You did not use the wrong thing, they all pick up sound off the board and neck etc.…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Apr 4, 2011 to Are All Transducers Created Equal?	6	Apr 7, 2011 Reply by Rob (Uker) Porras
"You could use tape if you are just testing something out and want to undo it in a fe…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Jan 17, 2011 to Soldering Vs. Electrical tape	8	Jan 17, 2011 Reply by alectron
"I have used thin doublestick mounting tape on some of mine, I also used some foam ta…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Dec 22, 2010 to pots is pots and piezos are piezos	13	Dec 22, 2010 Reply by carverman
"I recently built one with 2 piezos in parallel, and a switch to turn one off. So now…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Nov 16, 2010 to pots is pots and piezos are piezos	13	Dec 22, 2010 Reply by carverman
"Didn't Rickenbacker do something simular with 2 output jacks for stereo effect? Not…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Nov 8, 2010 to Help please with my idea	15	Nov 8, 2010 Reply by The Phrygian Kid
"Not to knock China, but many decent guitars are made in Korea, not China including m…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Oct 25, 2010 to best/cheap mag pup	6	Oct 25, 2010 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"I build mine into the bridge, its nice and loud and cuts some feedback and a bit of…" MichaelS Country Boy Guitars replied Sep 6, 2010 to Piezo Placement	5	Sep 7, 2010 Reply by Mitchell Boren

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MichaelS Country Boy Guitars's Discussions (1,015)

"Alex, I put all my piezos in a wood bridge with the saddle laying on top. I tried in…"

"Mine are all tucked into the bridge. http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/padron22-1/…"

"Richard those 3" deep box's are great!"

"You did not use the wrong thing, they all pick up sound off the board and neck etc.…"

"You could use tape if you are just testing something out and want to undo it in a fe…"

"I have used thin doublestick mounting tape on some of mine, I also used some foam ta…"

"I recently built one with 2 piezos in parallel, and a switch to turn one off. So now…"

"Didn't Rickenbacker do something simular with 2 output jacks for stereo effect? Not…"

"Not to knock China, but many decent guitars are made in Korea, not China including m…"

"I build mine into the bridge, its nice and loud and cuts some feedback and a bit of…"

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