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I`d suggest using some small screws to close the box instead of glueing it all up. This way you can get it back open just about any time you need to.
David - do you use a tone control with that many piezos in series? I've been playing around with the same, but more than a couple starts to get muddy unless I add something to vary the tone..
That's going to be a beautiful guitar - love the look of the neck
David - do you use a tone control with that many piezos in series? I've been playing around with the same, but more than a couple starts to get muddy unless I add something to vary the tone..
That's going to be a beautiful guitar - love the look of the neck
Hi Erik,
Yes in this case I used a standard telecaster wiring diagram wiring the 3 way switch to the magnetic pickup in the neck position and all 4 piezos (35mm discs) as one in the bridge position. Output then goes to a 500k pot for volume with another 500k pot with a 0.047mF cap as a tone control. Output then to the jack socket. The sound is quite bright but after reading your posting I had a play with this and the other CBGs I have made with 3 piezos and all sound fine but although the tone pot on each works with the magnetic pickups the tone pot has little effect on the piezo sound. I hadn't noticed before as I have found the sound to be what I wanted - also I tend to use the amp settings to alter tone rather than the guitar. Having had a quick play I have noticed even the amp controls have less effect on the tone of the piezos compared to the magnetic pickups. Not sure why - I guess it is linked to the impedance difference, but all the electrical theory goes over my head.
Regards,
David
Erik Ryman said:David - do you use a tone control with that many piezos in series? I've been playing around with the same, but more than a couple starts to get muddy unless I add something to vary the tone..
That's going to be a beautiful guitar - love the look of the neck
I would be gratful if you could let me know if this is the case - it means I could play around with the wiring on my next build so I can alter the piezo disc tone by changing the circuit between series and parallel.
Regards,
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