Roller bridge and Peizo pickups

Posted by Tim Pannabecker on January 25, 2019 at 2:21pm

I was thinking of using individual roller bridges for my 3-string that is setup with peizo and I don’t have room for a rail.  Will the individual roller bridge create enough vibration for the peizo to be effective?  

Thanks all happy building and playing,

Tim

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  • Daniel Walter May 23, 2019 at 6:35pm

    try a 1/4 w, 100k Ohm resistor, 5%

  • Daniel Walter January 28, 2019 at 7:33pm

    learned the hard way. don't glue the lid shut.

  • Tim Pannabecker January 25, 2019 at 6:48pm

    thanx for the peizo “muting” advice.  Done right its good but not can be painful.

    Im beginning to realize that the CBG world Is a science and an art.   And regardless of your skills, you can usually make it work out

  • François January 25, 2019 at 5:35pm

    You can even fit the piezos directly under the strings. This is what Maker Geri Ellsworth did for her Commodore 64 bass guitar she brought to MakerFaire years ago.

    Here's the video where she describes the guitar itself. She went overboard on the electronics but it's still pretty cool.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kDhpFaf4EY

    • Tim Pannabecker > François January 25, 2019 at 6:44pm

      I loved the video.  I’m going to try it, a single peizo under each string, sweet.

  • Daniel Walter January 25, 2019 at 4:08pm

    i like to use multiple piezos. neck through is the best way for sustain. if you feel ambitious, you can have a switch for the piezos. one fun thing i've done, if the roller bridge needs more height, use a suitably sized piece of wood and put the piezo(s) between the box and the bridge.

    • Paul Craig > Daniel Walter January 26, 2019 at 6:13pm

      I've found that every Gibson style bridge works better with a neck to body angle to get the string height right all the way up the frets unless you cut a bridge cavity that sinks/lowers the bridge height. It takes some work to figure out what will work best.

      Using individual saddles can be easier to work with and may not need a neck to body angle depending on how tall the saddles are.

    • Paul Craig > Daniel Walter January 26, 2019 at 6:00pm

      I've thought about using a couple piezo on a switch or blend pot and place one at the bridge and one at the neck and be able to switch back and forth or blend a combo.

    • Tim Pannabecker > Paul Craig January 26, 2019 at 7:35pm

      thanks Paul

      I’m going to do that on my stomp box.  That is a great idea 

      tim

    • Rusty Summer > Daniel Walter January 26, 2019 at 12:35am
      Daniel, how many piezos do you use and where do you place them?
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