Anyone tried to use powered computer speakers for an amp? Any reason for them not to work? I'm thinking about getting a subwoofer set that has a microphone jack, pulling the guts and putting the whole thing into a (large) cigar box with a 1/4" jack
Read more…The leads that come on piezos tend to be small guage wire. How big can you go with the wire? Is smaller better in this case?
I'll be using wood incased piezos in my next build and need to extend/replace the leads on the them.
Read more…Okay I have two single coil pickups, with individual volumes, and no switch too choose between them. I turn one around and reverse it's leads. And they're both going to the same jack. Would this work, and would it be constantly humbucking?
Read more…I'm doing my first builds with the a rod-style piezo. It is 2.75" long. The piezo has 6 "bumps" in it, where the ceramic wafers are located.
Question 1 is: when you place the piezo under the saddle, do the strings have to line up over the bumps? It
Read more…hey guys, im making my first cbg and im a bit out of depth, i went to make it an electric with a singlecoil pickup, a volume and a tone and im confused, what is a capacitor, how do I connect it and how do i ground them to the bridge like my diagram
Read more…how do you tell if a p/u say like a single strat p/u is reverse wound,
it's easy to tell if 2-single strat p/u's are magnetically opposite each other,
i'm after using 2-single strat style p/u's to use as a humbucker, will it work, ???
Read more…Alright, I went to my local radio shack yesterday and got the cheapest piezo buzzer they had (4 bucks) and a 2 pack of 1/4" jacks. I have soldered my wires to the buzzer and to the jack but when I plug it into my amp to try it out all I get is awful
Read more…Prety new to this cbg thing and wanting to put power to my first creation. Got a piezo kit and am pretty good at soldering, so that's not a biggie. But i'm trying to wrap my noodle around the concept of impedance and what effects it will have on my w
Read more…Cleaning out some closets the other day I found some old corded phones. Tore them apart and saved the mic and earpieces. Anyone use these in a CBG? I'm thinking that old AT&T parts were pretty high quality to last for so many years and I remember
Read more…I'm a total newbie. On my first CGB I installed a transducer I bought at Radio Shack. It sounds okay except for that it picks up the slightest touch of the sound board.
Did I use the wrong type of transducer?
Can you recommend what I should look for
Read more…I've done a number of rudimentary electronic work on my previous builds. I now want to take an upcoming build to the next level, and I need some advice, as I may be flying a bit too close to the sun.
Basically, I've found a number of resources onli
Read more…okay, so i looked around for a while, and haven't really found an answer, so i'll ask it here before experimenting.
i just got 2 of the piezo rods from cbgitty. they are not the solderless kind.
i cut the plug off, and inside the cord is one w
Read more…Anyone ever use these? When I began my first build, I bought a few different types of pre-wired setups off Ebay and got one of these. I've seen similar ones on YouTube designed with the bridge laid directly on the wood on top of the soundboard. Just
Read more…I'm planning a 3 string dulcimer with a rod pup mounted in a wood base and a floating bridge. Ted Crocker makes one like this.
My main concern is that the 3 strings span about 1 3/8 in and the rod is much longer. Will this effect the tone or does tha
Read more…I have built several cbg's and now am trying to build an lm386 amp to put inside the guitar.
Will a piezo element drive this type of amplifier?
Hi guys I have just started to build my second cbg and have just bought this TELE HOT RAILS pick up off e bay,it is only a cheap one but I don't intend spending a lot of cash until I become more experienced.
I not technically minded at all but would
Read more…I have a prewired acoustic preamp to a mono jack with an on/off switch that activates when guitar is plugged in. Can I just wire a magnetic pickup to a vol pot and then solder to the same jack and turn the vol pot up or down to select mag or piezo? j
Read more…My latest build has a Tele pickup, around which I added a gold metal ring. Everything's wired up, but when the 3-way knob is switched to the Tele pup, I'm getting a very slight static-y noise, and if I tap the ring with my pick, i can hear it through
Read more…I have very basic electronics knowledge, but I thought this should work ...
I found a pair of very old, powered speakers that came in plastic cases. The kind you plug into a PC, but with decent sized speakers. Good candidates I thought for putting in
Read more…Electronic newbie here. Bought a CBG Electronics kit from C.B. Gitty for my first build. All works well when the volume is turned all the way up "10", but it goes dead at about "7". The kit comes with a 500K Ohm pot. Should I try a different Ohm
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