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Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on August 12, 2017 at 9:45am

Hum Bugs?

Comment by Habanera Hal on August 12, 2017 at 9:06am

Been away so long I hardly knew the place......

Recently I built a four stringer on commission for an old buddy of mine.  Finished it off, TESTED IT on my 1/2 watt battery-powered amp and it seemed fine so I sent it off.  When he got it, he plugged it in to his pro amp and whenever he turned the tone control up it, it buzzed and hummed like a bitch!

I used two single coil pickups with a pre-wired Telecaster control plate (three-way switch, volume and tone controls), I grounded the strings/bridge with copper foil, then to the control plate.  What's causing the hum?

Comment by Rick Ganey on March 14, 2017 at 10:13am

I just ordered the Psycho Box, will I have any trouble putting it together. Any tricky wiring I need to know about or does it come pre-wired. Thanks

Comment by Paul Craig on September 20, 2016 at 7:14am

Goggle Telecaster wiring schematic for whatever pickups you have.

Comment by Cigarbox Guy on September 20, 2016 at 4:53am

Any wiring diagrams for the C B Gitty item 50-077-01 pickup selector with volume, tone, and 3 way switch? 

Comment by Dave Lynas on August 6, 2016 at 10:52am

Thanks Paul. I do sand the area I will solder to. And use plenty of flux.

Comment by Fomhorach on August 6, 2016 at 5:01am

I used a couple of layers of foam filled double sided tape, right onto the inside side wall.

Comment by Paul Craig on August 6, 2016 at 4:53am

Dennis U - I think most people attach their piezo to the resonator(inside of the bowl) with silicone or double sided tape rather than attached to wood and then attached to the bowl. You'll get less resonator influence with the wood block method. Just depends on what tone your after.

If want to use the wood block method, then the block will need a flat area to attach to or you'll need to make the block curved to fit the bowl. Silicone may not hold for long, I would use a couple drops of superglue so you can remove it later if you need to.

Comment by Paul Craig on August 6, 2016 at 4:39am

The soldering thing can be tricky, Both the wire and pot need to be clean and the protective coating removed from the area to be soldered on the pot. Sandpaper works fine.

The are on the pot does need to be heated for the solder to stick good enough, so I always use the side instead of the back so as not to damage the pot. Your soldered joint shouldn't have a balled up mess look to it( a cold solder joint), it should have a even flow puddle look to it. Always tug at the wire after it cools to make sure it's done.

Comment by Denis U on August 6, 2016 at 4:37am

I really like Duck's method for piezos and it seems like the more I know, the more questions I have. I am thinking about making a resonator using hand made box and a stainless steel dog bowl like this one

I'm thinking about using a biscuit bridge with the piezos in the base as Duck described. If I put a thin layer of silicone on the base of the bridge, will that interfere with the resonating that I hope the bowl will give me? That  leads me on to wonder where the sound comes from. If I make the the top of the box thicker than I'd expect to find on an standard cigar box, will that cut the acoustic sound, or is the sound going to be produced by the bowl to such an extent that the bowl produces overcome the wood thickness?

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