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Permalink Reply by steven beck on October 18, 2012 at 7:34am

now there's a good question!  i never thought of trying that.  i'm just tryin' to jump-start the thread,  i'm sure it can be done. i'll be waiting for an answer along with you.  cool idea!

Permalink Reply by Redbelly on October 18, 2012 at 8:16am

I would also like to know. One way to find out is to 'do it and see' I will try it out on the new guitar that I am making.

Permalink Reply by steven beck on October 18, 2012 at 8:24am

now THAT'S how innovations come about!  just do it!  if it don't start smokin', yer on the right track.  please keep us posted.  GOOD LUCK!

Permalink Reply by OldNick on October 18, 2012 at 8:28am

I would have tried already if I had a clue how to wire it.

Permalink Reply by steven beck on October 18, 2012 at 8:48am

OK. solder wires everywhere to everything, then remove the ones ya don't need.  how hard can it be? HA!  i crack me up!

Permalink Reply by Redbelly on October 18, 2012 at 9:13am

There is a good article in Wikipedia under "Guitar Wiring "

Permalink Reply by jabes on October 18, 2012 at 9:15am

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/xn/detail/2592684:Topic:1264216?xg_so... have a nose at this

Permalink Reply by David L. on October 18, 2012 at 9:37am

Do you mean a blend pot so when you connect 2 pickups to it and as you rotate one gets less as the other get more?

If yes the diagram is here

http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Pots/i-4137.html

or drawn onto a pot to show which pickup goes to which middle lug (halfway down)

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-technical/252761-blend-pot-question...

 

Permalink Reply by OldNick on October 18, 2012 at 11:47am

Thanks, David.  The second link was exactly what I needed.  Got it wired and it works great.

I have a license plate resonator CBG that is made with a motorcycle plate, so it only takes up half the box.  I had the piezo mounted directly on the license plate, and the sound was too harsh for my liking.

So I added a second piezo and attached it to the wooden box lid.    Now I can control how much sound comes from each piezo, and I can adjust the sound to suit what I'm playing.   

learned something new today. thanks to all for your input.

nick

Permalink Reply by jabes on November 18, 2012 at 2:22am

i just bought a couple of blend pots to do this with a piezo rod and a single coil pup. I also bought some vol pots but they are A 10k much lower than the 250k i normally use, i know nothing about how these things work, will i be able to use these and what effect might i expect? any ideas/remarks please...

Permalink Reply by David L. on November 18, 2012 at 8:27am

Hi Jabes,

I've never used a 10K pot as a passive volume on a guitar but somewhere on the comments board I recall someone tried a 50K pot with a piezo and found the sound was good. According to what I have read the lower the value the more top end/treble is lost so for a piezo it might be a good thing.  Having had a quick search on the www there isn't much info regarding 10k pots for magnetic pickups - just the usual humbucker=500k. songlecoil=250K but then again if you go back a few years many of these guitar forums were dubious about using piezo discs as a pickup so who knows?

If you give it a go please report back :o)

 

Regards,

David

Permalink Reply by jabes on November 18, 2012 at 11:55am

hi david, i was thinking much the same ,and just doing piezo only -1 rod in the bridge and a disc just forward under  the 'lid' and still useing a blend pot well try it out anyway.

i'll use 250k for the mag/ piezo  setup ... see what happens ,we could both do the same thing but a different box,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

will do. got 3 things guit wise going on ,

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