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a bit dissapointing

so i hit glued my piezo to the lid of my box, pluged it in and... nothing. i had done the tap check before i glued it and i could hear it thru my amp. what could have happened? i tried to get the piezo off without damaging it but that didnt work so i had to snip the wires. could the hot glue have damaged the piezo crystal? should i try putting it between to pieces of felt or just tapeing it?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Werner on January 29, 2011 at 7:43pm

I've been using 3m silicone exclusively on mine, it seems to work very well; not only secures the piezo but eliminates the "microphonic" tendencies to a large exent. ( The tendency to pick up every little contact noise with the body of the guitar)

The first couple I sort of "buried" in silicone, but now I just put a heavy layer on the back of the piezo and press in place.

I have used this method on both of my resonators, gluing the thing directly to the underside of the resonator under the bridge.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on January 29, 2011 at 8:04pm

I do the same with the double sided tape. I put another strip over the disc with the backing still attached. Works really well.

Scotty C. said:

Agreed. But on the hot glue angle, a number of people at the forum swear by a thin layer of glue on the face of the piezo disc to cut down on feedback and squawk noises.

(Hey Matt, "squawk noises" -- another highly technical term!)

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Incidentally, 3M brand double sided tape works really well for securing a piezo disc.

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Permalink Reply by Wes on December 5, 2011 at 1:21pm

Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) said:

Incidentally, 3M brand double sided tape works really well for securing a piezo disc.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I was racking my brain trying to figure a good way to place that thing.

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Permalink Reply by Richard G Caudill on December 5, 2011 at 4:42pm

I am like u ,, I did one up other day ,,, looked good ,, sounded good ,, plugged it up nothing ,, Like mark said replaced the jack yahoo!! back in business !! Those peizo are pretty tough ,,normallly is something down stream frm them ,,,

I use hot glue as well as sillicone ,, just what i get in hand quickest ,,, no isses at all ,, thin layer press , and let set with a little wafer of matl under em