piezo should i do a volume n tone control ?

Posted by petey twofinger on May 14, 2010 at 12:43pm
i am confused cause i read a post were the guy only had a piezo , like me , and he did tone n vol , but said that the volume only worked at 1-3 oclock and the tone did nothing . i could try this my self and see , but i have a back injury (PAIN) and i don't want to drive to rat shack or order online parts that i wont use . if this is the case , what is the work around , internal preamp circuit ? one of my amps i made doesn't have a vol or tone control (i know) , but the other one has 3 built in effects (hacked dano pedals) a volume but no tone . if this does work efficiently , does anyone have a jpg with the part values on em ? 500 k or 250 ? audio taper not linnear right ? 47 or 35 for the cap , its a disc cap right ? thanks so much pics soon , i promise :)

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  • Michael/Saxismyaxe May 15, 2010 at 5:21pm
    Thanks for the reply Wichita Sam.
  • Wichita Sam May 15, 2010 at 5:11pm
    paralell thru a 3 way switch

    LittleBigOne said:
    when adding a single coil pickup to a piezo, you place them in serie or parallel wiring ?
  • LittleBigOne May 15, 2010 at 3:25am
    when adding a single coil pickup to a piezo, you place them in serie or parallel wiring ?
  • Wichita Sam May 14, 2010 at 11:07pm
    DONE IT... NO PROBLEM.... STRAIGHTFORWARD BUILD...

    Michael/Saxismyaxe said:
    Along the same lines, I plan to install a piezo AND a Tele neck single coil pickup, three way switch, and volume pot controlling both on my next CBG project. Any suggestions or possible pit falls that anyone could suggest with this arrangement?
  • Michael/Saxismyaxe May 14, 2010 at 5:46pm
    Along the same lines, I plan to install a piezo AND a Tele neck single coil pickup, three way switch, and volume pot controlling both on my next CBG project. Any suggestions or possible pit falls that anyone could suggest with this arrangement?
  • petey twofinger May 14, 2010 at 5:38pm
    i kinda thought youd say that .

    thanks !

    i bet i could dig one up here if i looked .
  • Mark Perkins May 14, 2010 at 2:44pm
    I agree with Wichita Sam. I think the volume with no tone is the best for a single piezo. Let your amp of effects processor do the rest.
  • Wichita Sam May 14, 2010 at 12:52pm
    my experience.... volume control 500K or 1 m pot audio...... useful.... tone control on a single piezo nothing.... on multiple piezos wired in series only a little....

    so.... if I'm building a CBG with piezo for performance, then more likely than not I'll add volume but don't bother with tone....

    hope this helps,

    Wichita Sam
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