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Torn Between a Piezo or Humbucker with this resonator build...

My Sister in law pulled out a #10 can of spaghetti sauce (didn't know she was a prepper!) so I got the 2 lids... Hammered out this reso... Now I can't decide if I should go Piezo or Humbucker...

I know, I know... do both... but ??? Meh...

I know the piezo, if glued to the reso will dampen it a bit, while a mag pup won't pickup as much as the resonator quality, so maybe a piezo on the wood instead, but???

So, to quote Johnny 5, I need "input, Stephanie!"

What would you do, and why?

John

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 22, 2016 at 7:40pm

Yeah, but... ugh.. I'm just being lazy... I was thinking I'd JB-Weld the piezo to the bottom of the reso, which is why I figured it would dampen it a bit.

Have you connected Piezo/Mag in parallel? Does it work ok, or is a balance pot a better idea? The impedances are so far apart, I figured the piezo would lose a lot of the high-end response...

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 22, 2016 at 8:06pm

will a magnet stick to that plate ? or is it full allum ? if it's magnetic , another option is ; you can mount a mag pup under it verry close to the plate but not touching . it will read the plate as a string . see if ya like that sound .

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 22, 2016 at 8:21pm

Nice, I didn't think about that! It's a #10 can lid... mild steel...

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on February 22, 2016 at 8:43pm

photo ala ph kid

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Permalink Reply by Greg Thompson on February 23, 2016 at 12:28pm

That's very interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Fomhorach on February 24, 2016 at 9:33am

How about neither and put a little electret condenser microphone somewhere in there?

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Permalink Reply by Cory LeBeau on February 24, 2016 at 9:16pm

CBG IS about doing w/ what you got.Go piezo,or just buy a cheap electric guitar.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 27, 2016 at 8:26pm

So I mounted a dual rail humbucker about 1/16" from the resonator and hooked it up. Just in case I decided to go back to a Piezo, I didn't put in a volume/Tone pot.

Just for giggles, I went with electric strings, grounded both the strings and the resonator.

Stellar idea! It sounds Great!

#59: The electric Resonator... :-)