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Will this piezo-blend-magpup schematic work?
Started this discussion. Last reply by emlas Feb 9, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Hello folks, I found this fantastic site when googling for my new project. After discovering that seasick Steve played on something called a didley bow I realised I had to build me one of those and…Continue
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Ellwood T. Bear replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Looks FANTASTIC!!!! Well Done."
emlas replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."ConclusionI just want to close this thread properly. Now I'm almost, almost done with my project. There are a few details yet to be fixed. A separate battery hatch, some painting and proper frets. The aluminium tape frets that I have right…"
emlas replied to Calla's discussion Pre-amp questions in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hello Calla,
I just must add that I'm more than happy with my blend pot. Some people don't like em but I love it. Usually I play with ca 60 percent humbucker, 40piezo giving the sound some nice dirt to it. On my project I ended up with…"
emlas replied to Calla's discussion Pre-amp questions in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hello Calla,
I set up something similar on my latest build. Its a four string diddleysteel with one piezo pup with preamp and one humbucker. Instead of a switch i have a blendpot and I´ve got a on/of switch to my preamp and the…"
David L. replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Tone pots have little effect on piezos but if it is having no effect on the magnetic pickup then the cap isn't reaching ground (check the earth to the tone pot), or the cap may have been fried by the heat of the soldering iron (I use…"
emlas replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hi again
Now i´m almost done with my project. Ive soldered everything and the instrument itself´s almost done. Unfortunately there are some things that don´t work so now I´m up to troubleshooting. As far as I can see…"
David L. replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hi Emlas,
I have the same preamp in my parts draw - I will be interested to see what you think of it (I have used several of the Kemo 3.5W amplifier modules which work well).
Using the steel plate when grounded will make a good shield for the…"
emlas replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hi David
Thank you for your answer!
The fact that you believe this could work really encourages me. I like the idea of using a piece of strip board for the ground, I´ll use it. The main reason for that I want to use a steel plate for pick…"
David L. replied to emlas's discussion Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics in the group CBG wiring & electronics."Hi Emlas,
It looks like it should work - as Mark said on the main forum normally people tend to use the same value pots for both tone and volume (I don't know what it does if you mix them but if you do it let us know how it sounds :o) )
I…"
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Please help me with my piezo-blend-magpup schematics
Hello folks, I found this fantastic site when googling for my new project. After discovering that seasick Steve played on something called a didley bow I realised I had to build me one of those and now that I'm (almost) done with it I really really must build myself a 3- stringer. My D- bow has two strings, my 3-stringer will have... One string at a time. Don't know where I'll end up!All I need for finishing my first instrument now is electrification ! In this part I need some help. I've made…See More
emlas replied to emlas's discussion Will this piezo-blend-magpup schematic work?"Thank you guys.
Thank you Mark for your guidance and words on electricution! I guess i´ll have to do some more soldering work for the grounding to avoid the hum then. The tone pot dosn´t necessary have to…"
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