I would like to know the best Piezo location for the best sound quality and why. I know there are many different opinions on this subject. I personally like to locate 2 piezo inside the bridge, this seems to eliminate all the outside noises created
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I just tried my first rod-piezo, mounted under the saddle of the bridge. I was rather underwhelmed. The sound was just fine, a bit more mellow than my usual disc type piezo, but the volume was so soft that I had to crank my 15 watt amp to 11 wit
Read more…Hi everyone. I'm building a bass ukelele (the kind with rubber strings). I have chosen a rod piezo under the saddle. I want to add a a Tillman preamp plus a tone and volume pot set up to get the most out of this classically upright bass sounding ins
Read more…Hey guys, Looking at stuff on YouTube the other day I saw where they were making Bongo's using those five gallon water bottles. One guy was wishing he could tune his so I think I came up with an answer for him. I have to make a few electrical connect
Read more…Hullo All.I was wondering if anyone has tried the soft flexible cable version of the piezo pickup and if so.what sort of results they've had? I've used the rod piezo and I'm really pleased with the sound....
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The idea of gluing a piezo inside a tuna can, or the like, and then mounting the tuna can under the bridge, open side up. Thinking being; the can will capture the vib's and add it's own coloration to the sound that
Read more…Has anyone experimented with a compression pedal with your piezo pickup? I started playing more fingerstyle and I notice that without the pick the sound is less harsh. I'm thinking maybe a compressor would also "squash" the harsh tones also... What
Read more…Like others have mentioned, I found that using Hot Glue to stick the Piezo Disc to the box, then putting a glob of Hot Glue on top of it really helps to get rid of any 'tinny' sound. It does, however, muffle the sound somewhat where the Amp Volume ne
Read more…I am making an upright wash tub bass the same scale length and with the regular strings and want to know if anyone has used a piezo on one.
Would you put it in the same basic spot under the (most) bass string?
Is hot glue a good way to attach it?
Tha
Read more…Can anyone tell me definitively if the SIZE of the piezo disks used makes a difference? I have read some who say it doesn't matter much, and I accidentally ordered some pretty small disks, so I'm wondering...
Also, can someone tell me how piezo RODS
Read more…Did somebody know (or have an idea) of what kind of piezo installation are in the Hobo king standard CBG played by Pinecone Fletcher (http://www.hoboking.com/)
In the interview (see video 1) is talking about a double piezo transducer enhanced just m
Read more…I recently read an article from ‘Experimental Musical Instruments’ (www.windworld.com) and this is a quick summation.
Because of the electrical nature of Piezos, wiring in series yields poor results. Parallel wiring is the way to go. It also means th
Read more…Except in C.B.Gitty were there are piezos disks dedicated to music and that will sound when put in your CBG, it cannot be the case with the ones bought in electronic supply stores.
a recent (bad) experience showed me that all piezo disks are not equ
Read more…Hi all: This was my 11th CBG and most of them have been mag p/u guitars just because I've had no luck what so ever with piezos. On this one I thought I'd give piezos another shot. I've tried all kinds of configuations...double taping them to the box
These comments are from a “newbie". I am trying to get satisfactory volume from a rod piezo pickup inserted in the bridge of a licence plate CBG. The bridge is the outer shell of a barrel bolt. I have the piezo just lying in the channel; I get no whe
Read more…hi everyone new here and too cbg's. going to build one getting everything together. my question is can you stick the piezo between the neck and box lid under the bridge?
Read more…Hi, I have been building so far using piezo discs embedded in the bridge but am interested in trying the sensor cable approach. I know that there are several of you folks out there that use them. i am having a hardtime finding the cable. Can anyone p
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I have gotten back into messing around with piezo pickups after rejecting them a couple of years ago because I was unable to sufficiently isolate them -- they were too sensitive, picking up fingering and handling noise, etc. You know the sto
Read more…piezo on a concrete block guitar
also ran across peterman piezos on youtube - good stuff
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