The dude who plays banjo in my band forgot his contact pickup. Since we wanted to hear him during practice I grabbed one of the uke pickup s I make. Used making tape to attach it between the bridge and tailpiece on the banjo's head.
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It sounded terrific! I was floored. Didn't appreciably alter the sound of the banjo - still sounded like a banjo. Plugged directly into the PA. A little eq and it was perfect.
Now I have to make one specifically for him.
The pickup:
250K volume pot
1/4 input jack
Single disk piezo wrapped in 3 layers of electrical tape.
Cost: Less than 10 bucks.
I'll probably house the jack and volume pot in a small box with a belt clip and get some shrinkwrap for the wires that lead to the piezo. Masking tape worked fine and doesn't mar the banjo surface so I'll stick with that.
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