Posted by Tim LaFave on September 28, 2015 at 9:18pm
The neck is now stained and given three coats of shellac, before being fitted into the can so that I can glue on the fretboard. The sound holes are 7/8" brass grommets. The electronics are a rod piezo mounted under where the bridge will be, between the top of the can and the neck, wired to a 1/4" jack and 500k volume potentiometer.
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Thanks, Gary. I cut a slot across the neck, at the place where the bridge will fall, just wide and deep enough to accommodate the rod. I glue it in place with silicone. To use a rod piezoelectric pickup, you have to cut off the 1/8" inch jack, then carefully separate the braided ground sleeve from the shielded wire. I solder the loose wires of the ground sleeve together, and put some heat-shrink wrap on it. This will be the negative wire, the other wire inside is the positive.
Tim - I love this build! Thanks for the intermediate pictures. Always helpful! I have a technical question about your rod piezo - - is it simply squeezed into the space between the can and neck, or did you use glue of some sort? I want to try some of the rods, and appreciate any insights you can offer!
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Thanks much, Tim! I've got a couple of projects in mind which will certainly benefit from your explanation!
Thanks, Gary. I cut a slot across the neck, at the place where the bridge will fall, just wide and deep enough to accommodate the rod. I glue it in place with silicone. To use a rod piezoelectric pickup, you have to cut off the 1/8" inch jack, then carefully separate the braided ground sleeve from the shielded wire. I solder the loose wires of the ground sleeve together, and put some heat-shrink wrap on it. This will be the negative wire, the other wire inside is the positive.
Hope this helps!
Tim - I love this build! Thanks for the intermediate pictures. Always helpful! I have a technical question about your rod piezo - - is it simply squeezed into the space between the can and neck, or did you use glue of some sort? I want to try some of the rods, and appreciate any insights you can offer!