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My most recent build was my first electric. I was surprised to see how well a piezo pickup actually works, since it was my first one. However, it is a little quiet and a LOT tinny. If I don't turn the "high" setting down to about zero on my amp it
Read more…Is it possible to make a 4 pole pickup act like a blade style pickup? Could I attach a steel bar across the 4 poles and have the pickup work? I will be using this mag pickup on my 3 string CBG.
Read more…I started making CBGs about a year and a half ago and it's sparked a lot of what I was into when in a couple of bands over 10 years ago (building speaker cabinets, wiring up amps, and modifying guitars). Sadly, I got busy starting a family and my gui
Read more…Has anyone glued a rod piezo to the inside of the box, under the bridge? Were you pleased with the results? Any advice or response appreciated.
Read more…Hi there, :-)
I'm a noob and I'm building my first CBG. Please bear with me if this issue sounds trivial to you.
I opted for a 2*Piezo & 2*Volume & 3-way switch & Jack and the wiring in this diagram here
Could someone explain a) the wiring from p
Read more…If you cut off the rod piezo from a pre amp like Gitty sells and attached a flatpup, would it work the same as having a volume and tone pot ?
Would it even work at all, and if it did, what could I expect ?
I am working on a license plate guitar and d
Read more…I'm trying to sort out an issue, and I'm at an impasse.
My problem...
I have a rod piezo, under a bone bridge saddle, and it is wired to an 2.5W Artec amp circuit module.
It would normally be used in a cigar box amp, but I'm trying to use it as an ac
Read more…Hi all, working on a build, long story short.... wanting to run a piezo bridge and a flatpup neck through a mini 3 way toggle, each with their own volume so that they can be blended in the middle position. I can get each pickup to work in their resp
Read more…Hey folks.
I'm ok with simple wiring, but I've gotten myself into a wiring project I'm having trouble figuring out.
I have 3 single coil pups from a cheap strat copy, the 5 way that originally came with the harness is dead. I have 3 - 2 way "on/off"
Read more…Hullo All.I have a secondhand humbucker that has 3 wires,red,white and bare and I want to bench test it to see if it works ok by wiring it up to a jack.I'm pretty sure the red wire is live (hot) and the bare wire is an earth but I'm not sure about th
Read more…One of the hardest things it seems is to effectively shield your wiring & solder joints. I found that liberally coating your disks & solder joints with this stuff is the quickest and easiest way. It's surprisingly cheap and goes a long way.
Should an AC amplifier be grounded with a three-prong plug? Mine is an old Peavey Rage 158 from the late 80s and although it has a polarized plug, there is not a third ground wire. This seems potentially dangerous. Also, I am wondering if it may be p
Read more…I have a problem with a piezo pickup harness kit (from CB Gitty) I wired up. In short, it sounds great when the volume pot is turned all the way up, but when turned down just a little, there is a very distracting hum. I have spent hours pouring over
Read more…Hopefully this will be a long running collection of easy to view diagrams of CBG picup wiring. If you have a NEW or unique diagram please post it here. PLEASE, if you reply to a post with a picture already in it, please remove the pic as to not dupli
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I was wondering if the group's title page image does in fact show the correct wiring for a single jack/piezo/volume control setup. I attempted to wire up one using that diagram and it didn't work - now it's highly likely that I just did a bad
Read more…I want to add a pre amp to my next build to go with my rod piezo , what I want to know what's the difference between a active or passive wiring apart from the fact that one uses a battery
Read more…I want to wire two piezos on a cbg. I want to put the piezos in different places and use a toggle switch to change the sound. Can anyone help with a diagram please? I have no volume pot just 2 piezos and the toggle switch. Thank you
Read more…I'm building a Biscuit Tin CBG for my daughter and all she wants is a piezo and jack plug to keep it simple , but what i'd like to know is do I need to isolate the jack plug from the tin ?
Read more…I have a question that I can't seem to find an answer to.
I want to build a stomp box with peizo for some self-percussion but I want to have it in line with my CBG into the amp.
Does anyone know how to wire something like that?
Thanks!
Read more…Hi everyone, I ordered a switch described as on-on-on from eBay. I have tested the connections between the centre and poles 1 and 2 and I'm getting: Switch left 1-on 2-off Switch centre 1-on 2-off Switch right. 1-off 2-on I was expecting: Switch l
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