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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 3, 2014 at 9:16am

Well, since a piezo has a direct pressure response to vibrations, you should just be able to connect a spring across the long end of your box, or along the underside of the neck, maybe. Sympathetic vibes from the strings and the resulting air waves bouncing around the inside of the box will set the spring singing, which will be picked up by the piezo. Pick's Swamp Witches have an internal reverb spring that works this way.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on January 3, 2014 at 9:26am

Woah, I'm looking for springs now. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 3, 2014 at 9:48am

Fender Tremelo springs work well. Also check auto parts stores for various spring sizes and tensions. Not too tightly wound, though; you don't wanna collapse yer box.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on January 3, 2014 at 9:54am

I will look at various springs. This is cool.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on January 3, 2014 at 9:57am

Hmmm. Now you got me thinking: if you slung a spring inside a piece of metal conduit inside the body, or even the neck, you might get a really kewl tube wave generating an interesting reverb effect. Hmmm.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2014 at 3:46pm

yup  ..     only by  request  now,  do i     include  the spring  ..  mine  don't  use a  piezo  ,  but the   vibes  from  the body will  echo  it  through  the sound  hole    acoustically .. and  a  mag     pup  can      also  reed  it       ,  more-so  if the  (steel)  spring is close to  the   pup. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike "Katfish" Karash on January 3, 2014 at 9:27am

Simple reverb/whammy: L shaped rod, 3 or 4 holes along base of L aligned with upright of L, small 2 hole pipe straps or oversized holes for screws to hold L in place (oversized holes allow rocking motion) as tailpiece, string tension returns part to neutral position after pushing or pulling to bend and torque those notes and chords! Open up the L to your preferred hand position for use before final assembly.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on January 7, 2014 at 6:11pm

Do you have a pic? Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on January 3, 2014 at 12:22pm

Talk to Old Lowe

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on January 3, 2014 at 2:40pm

I did a reverb box in a suitcase where an amplified pizzo is used to excite the spring and a cheap bucker is used to send the movement of the spring back to an output, works great when u kick it, just like an old twin

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Permalink Reply by Doug Krantz on January 4, 2014 at 4:17am

heres a good place to find springs and things

http://www.mcmaster.com/#

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on January 7, 2014 at 3:58pm

Tried this without pluging into amp. No change in sound. It's from a toy echo mic

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