Here are a couple images of a box I would like to build into my 1st reso. My question: Do you think the box will play well acoustically? If so, I would probably add a piezo. If not, I would probably add a magnetic pup, likely the Electric Delta from Gitty. Before you say"'Do both at the same time!" I must say that I know absolutely nothing about electronics and doing both sounds pretty intimidating.
It measures 15" x 8 1/4" x 4 3/8" with a top that is 1/8".
Any way to estimate what she'll sound like??
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that box should be great in size and top width . wood type may be a small factor too, but looks like a great candidate . and im gonna be the guy that says " both" pup and piezo, ..... but with compromise ..
if you are worried about wiring both together with a switch , . do them separately, no switch , and use 2 jacks. as an option.
intimidation gone , and a cool factor / conversation piece added . . ;-)
good luck.
Ever bump your guitar and here it through the amp? Those magnets in the pickups also "pickup" the vibrations from the body and neck. The difference you hear between magnetic pickups and piezo pickups is: piezo's simply project vibrations into signal and magnetic pickups can enhance/color vibrations through magnet strength, type of magnet, amount of wire and size of wire(altering the magnetic field). Then the signal is altered more through the amp.
That often leads to the though that magnetic style pickups only or mostly just get the sound from the strings cause at that point half of the people can no longer hear the wood influence. But it is there.
I expect it will sound pretty good due to its ample size. What kind of box is it?
Gary--
I found the box at work. Evidently a small machine or some equipment came in it about 40 years ago. If you are asking what kind of wood it is, beats me. I don't know how to ID wood varieties.
I was just curious. it is a good looking box.
I'm finally working on this one. Wondering if the string tension [3-string] will be so strong that it causes the tin lid to dimple...?? I have seen a pic somewhere of a build where there was a dog bowl underneath the lid. I wasn't planning on that and honestly don't understand the physics behind it.
Will the lid by itself be enough??
Can anyone point me to some info on building resonators?
And thanks for all the good comments so far!!
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