Piezo pickups

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Comment by Mike "Katfish" Karash on January 23, 2013 at 4:23pm

Tried some 20mm (smaller than my usual). No noticeable difference, great sound...

Comment by Ted Crocker on January 21, 2013 at 8:00pm

I've found no real noticeable difference, even with a small piece cut from a disk.  Read more here.

Comment by Kevin M. Kraft on January 21, 2013 at 9:47am

What difference does the size of the piezo disk make in the volume or sound quality? I have read thus far that size doesn't matter much at all. True?

Comment by Michael Recchione on January 12, 2013 at 5:18pm

I just finished my first CBG build, with two piezo disks harvested from Radio Shack buzzers and mounted, respectively, under the sound board near the bass side of the bridge, and at the midpoint of the part of the neck inside the box.  I used hot glue to mount them.  I was worried that the sound would be too harsh and tinny, but the opposite was actually true - it was bassier than I expected, and I have to compensate at the amp to make the sound brighter. 

I've wired up passive tone controls, that essentially shunt high frequencies to ground through a pot - basically low-pass filters.  I was thinking of using a selector switch on the next build, that would let me choose between that same sort of RC network going to ring (ground) or to tip (to make it a high-pass filter).  Has anyone done anything like that, and if so, how did it work out?

Comment by Chris on December 16, 2012 at 3:55pm

Stereo jack is fine, just wire it up as usual and don't use the third terminal.  Look online for a diagram that shows the difference between the two

Comment by Tom Baugues on December 15, 2012 at 11:28pm

I'm nearly done building my first Cigar box guitar so while I'm waiting on the finish to dry I have turned my attention to the piezo and jack. I bought both at Radio Shack months before starting this build and simply went in and asked for a 1/4 inch jack and piezo transduser. The salesman got me both and I paid and left. Well now I realise that I bought stereo jacks. Can I still use them or should I go back and pick upa  mono jack?

Comment by Marmelade on December 13, 2012 at 4:11pm

Thanks !

I use to be a professionnal musicien, I'm now handicaped so I can't play as much as I would like. Now, instead I build instruments ! That's great too.

Comment by Chris on December 13, 2012 at 2:52pm

That's a great sounding track.  Have you recorded an album or anything?  You should

Comment by Marmelade on December 13, 2012 at 1:38pm

I have used this preamp With many instruments. Some of my musiciens friends who play only on expensive gear were surprise with this Joemeek.

I use to record with a 8 track analog tape, it makes miracles.

You can hear : "Floating on a dream"  here, http://www.myspace.com/httpmyspacecomcatinnie

The preamp is on the drum, guitars and singing.

Comment by Chris on December 13, 2012 at 1:03pm

Marmelade that sounds really good!

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