I am on build #12, a very special box and neck. As you can see, the box is long and not very deep (1 3/8"), but with a gorgeous two-tone wood and "Man O' War" logo. Neck is mahogany with a koa fretboard (still being polished). I'd like to put in both a rod piezo built into the bridge, and a 3-pole, single coil pickup with a switch to choose between either one, or both. Will this work if I have them connected to the phone jack through a 3-way switch? Will I get decent performance out of them wired in this way? I would have volume and tone controls plus the switch on the front of the box. Anyone tried this?
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If by phone jack you mean,just a normal jack socket,yes,it'll work ok,the rod may not give full output without a pre amp,but all else should be good,nice f/board B T W
Thanks for the response.
Thank you. I'm now looking for an inexpensive preamp, but I don't want it to be onboard.
Thank you, Wayfinder, for pointing to the post. It was very helpful and looks to be the best way to boost and shape the rod piezo signal. Does the piezo have to have a separate jack or can the mag pickup run through the preamp also?
Thanks. So, it sounds to me like I can run both the piezo and mag through the same volume pot to the jack, which then goes to the preamp, and both or either signals can be adjusted at the guitar via vol. and tone pots as well as boost and further refinement of the signal at the point it hits the preamp. Time to put in a parts order at C.B.G.
That's perfect! Time to get building this circuit, along with a preamp.
Thanks. I have enough koa fretboard blanks for another 20 guitars. Also just acquired some mango wood that is just beautiful. Can't wait to use it.
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