I'm building my first cbg and could sure use some help. I'm using an old brass clock face as a resonator cone (see photo). I've made a biscuit bridge and I want to use a disc piezo. Is it possible to screw the disc to the bottom of the biscuit? Co
Read more…Hi i'm looking for a wiring diagram to wire 2 disc piezo's together , I've already wired a 500k vol pot and a jack together just need to know how to wire up the piezo's , thanks .
Read more…I've been asked about doing a short scale 4 string acoustic/electric Bass variant of my LP slimline guitar, and I don't know if the Gitty EQ package performs well in the Bass range. Any thoughts?
I would prefer to use a piezo bridge instead of magnet
Read more…Hi all. I'm planning on putting two piezos in my current build with a blend pot and preamp. Does anyone have any thoughts on whether I should put the blend pot after the amp and use a two channel preamp or if I should put the blend pot first and then
Read more…When I plug into my amp I get a loud hum / buzz that seems to drown out the strings. It goes away almost completely when I touch the cord going into the jack and it seems to go away a little bit when I touch the volume pot.
For my pickup I purchase
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I just finished a 4 stringer (Posted pics of it this week) where I used the C. B. Gitty black enclosed 4 pole pickup. I am really happy with it. With a 500K volume pot and a 500K linear tone pot, it just screams.
Now I am setting my sights
Read more…I'm wanting to put a pickup in my CBGs that make it sound really rustic/bluegrassy...not so much bluesy as most of the ones I hear in videos. What type of pickup would I want to put in it for that?
Answer as if I know nothing about anything...becau
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Does anyone know how to go about wiring a piezo, humbucker, volume pot and a blend pot together?
Any help will be greatly appreciated
PENFOOT
Read more…Hi all, I am having trouble finding a schematic. I am wanting to use a piezo under the bridge, a single coil at the neck, 3 way switch, 1 volume, 1 tone. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Also, what size capacitor would be recommended for s
Read more…Hi all, I'm wiring up a current build that has a single coil at the neck and dual piezo under the bridge. I don't want to have a 3-way switch, instead I want to run the pickup through volume and tone pots, and the dual piezo through a volume pot, bot
Read more…Hi. First build with 2 disc piezos turned out good, now on to better stuff! Half way through a build with a rod bridge piezo and a single coil pup. Question is blend pot, 3 way, or separate. So, as a novice, a blend pot seems better than a 3 way swit
Read more…I'd love a shot on a fernandes or moog guitar but I'm skint.
These disc piezos we're all using are sold as buzzers. Can you put a small amp inside a guitar to drive one and get a feedback loop? will it be any good?
Read more…I am now well into building a pure electric 6 string but I have run into a wiring 'issue' or riddle. I purchased two (a pair as it worked out) humbuckers - one for the neck end and one for the bridge - I realised this after I had fitted one into the
https://www.cbgitty.com/cubecart/pre-wired-4-string-single-coil-pickup-harness-with-volume-and-tone-perfect-for-cigar-box-guitars.html I just ordered this pickup harness with all the goodies ready to install. Curious as to which wire I will be splic
Read more…I'd like to build a decent-sounding reverb to use as a pre-processor for my practice amps (which don't have reverb). I'm not really interested in a foot-pedal - I'd probably package up the reverb along with the guts of an old preamp/distortion/susta
Read more…So, first off, I'm pretty new to this, but enjoying amp building so far.
I have done a few CBG amps using the CB Gitty amp kit, and that has gone fine. My latest thing was to use that kit, but with two speakers instead of the one. I pulled the speake
Read more…I've been getting an annoying hum with all my CBGs when I turn up the amp gain. The cable I've been using is reasonable quality, but has metal jackets on the plugs. When I touch the plug housing, the hum goes away, meaning it's a grounding issue.
I
Read more…I'm a novice when it comes to amps and electrics so I'm hoping someone here will have an idea on how to do this. I scored a reverb tank, (I believe it came out of a fender amp) from the wife of a late friend who repaired and rebuilt amplifiers and wa
Read more…I have wired a few Piezos(radio shack version) and 500k pots. They all have significant hum around half volume. I have grounded the pot bodies, but it doesn't seem to help. Is this just "the nature of the beast", or is there something else I shoul
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