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Comment by HOLLOWBELLY on May 7, 2009 at 9:06pm

Juju is right imho-I just used the last piezo I own in a wallhanger cbg Ive made for a punkblues dj friend of mine-I wont be using any more-even 'good' ones cause sonic problems when going thro a pa that I can frankly live without.

Comment by Ade on May 7, 2009 at 11:31am

haha , mine didnt even cost a pound rooster!!
and it is very small! i have some old strat pups knocking about, might stick one of those in.

Comment by JUJU on May 7, 2009 at 8:05am

i'm not a fan of Piezos at all thats why i either buy mag pups or make em , not had much luck with piezos at all , they always sound like a screemin cat in a can lol!! , maybe they sound better with a pre amp , but i just aint got the time to mess around , it's easier to make a mag pup , just my opinion maybe the piezos i bought are just Shite lol!!
juju.

Comment by Roosterman on May 7, 2009 at 7:42am

Maybe I know why my piezos sound rubbish - mine cost about £1 each! lol
Ade, rumour has it that the middle sized ones sound better than the small or large ones in a geetar... dunno if its true though. Might be worth having a read thru some of the forums and bits in Teds Mad Scientist Group re: encasing piezos and where to mount them etc - it all makes a world of difference (again, apparently. Cany say myself as I binned all my piezos in a sulk and use P bass pickups instead now).

Comment by HOLLOWBELLY on May 7, 2009 at 5:26am

ah there are piezos and piezos-I got a £10 one from ebay that sounds terrible too-but the one in the tin cbg I recorded the live EP with a piezo by Shadow -cost £27- I mean, they look exactly the same but ones good and ones rubbish.

Comment by Ade on May 7, 2009 at 4:09am

ive done that, but i dont think the lid is strong enough to take the tension without bending to touch the neck!
put a piezo in now, it sounds terrible!!! just bodged it for now so will try to do a better job!

Comment by HOLLOWBELLY on May 6, 2009 at 9:11pm

yeh thats what i do-i take enough off and then i shove the piezo pickup in the gap.

Comment by smojo on May 6, 2009 at 8:30pm

Ade, I cut a few mm off the neck where it runs under the lid, just enough so they don't touch.

Comment by Ade on May 6, 2009 at 9:23am

ps, im up for this festival big time!!

Comment by Ade on May 6, 2009 at 9:22am

hello again, got a couple of cbgs now, got a question for any one with a tin box, how do you keep the top from pressing on the neck when the strings are tensioned up?, mine sounds a bit muffled(could use some new strings though to be fair!!)

thanks
Ade

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