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Comment by darryl kernaghan on November 11, 2017 at 3:14pm

I'd avoid gluing it to the reso directly Bear, it can only dull the reso effect accoustically, wherever you put it, try to avoid gluing initially, until you a sure you are happy with the sound, discs can get pretty harsh on reso's, so you may need to pad it a bit on the bridge if it's too harsh

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on November 11, 2017 at 3:04pm

Hi Mark.

Thanks for helping me out. I really wanted to avoid the biscuit sandwich method as I've been hasty and already wired everything up :/

So DEFINITELY don't hot glue the piezos to the side of the resonator cone even with copious amounts of hot glue?

If needs be then I'll splice my wires, create a sandwich well and then put my biscuit bridge on top of this separate sandwich well piece but I was hoping for easy after the hassle of the build so far lol. I'm turning into Quickfix Harry in my eagerness to be done.

Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.

Comment by Mark Bliss on November 11, 2017 at 2:51pm

Hi Dani and Bear,

I doubt the option of on the box would be the best for capturing the desired reso tone.

I would use the biscuit sandwich or consider fashioning a violin pickup sandwiched between the bridge and biscuit. 

The violin bridge pickup I am talking about normally forms a sort of "cup" that the violin bridge sits in, applying the string load directly onto the piezo. I think if you formed a slot in the biscuit and set a crosspiece/bridge and the pickup in that slot, perhaps that would work well.

Just an idea, haven't actually tried it yet.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on November 11, 2017 at 2:31pm

Hi folks!

I need some advice on putting a piezo pickup in a resonator build. I'm seeing some people say never glue anything to the cone itself and that's just what I was about to do. I've seen some videos with the piezo glued to the guitar soundboard (wood) internally and near the cone. I've even seen the awesome Ted Crocker with his method of drilling into the biscuit to put the piezos between the biscuit and cone. I'm not confident of drilling into my biscuit so how should I go about putting the piezo into the resonator build?

Help greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance :o)

Comment by Chuck Groves on November 9, 2017 at 3:10am

Hey jimmy. I also encourage you to check out Chikenbone John’s videos. If I had seen them before I did my first build, I would have saved myself a lot of grief. His videos are succinct, excess verbiage minimal, and full of practical, useful information.

Comment by Michael Fred Johnson on November 9, 2017 at 1:21am

Use a zero fret like this and it takes care of the string height,want more clearance use a thicker 0 fret.The nut is only there for the string spacing so is easier to make.Also rake the neck back 3 degrees to increase the bridge height(more downward pressure=more volume) 

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on November 8, 2017 at 12:55pm

Hi Jimmy. If you search users for Chickenbone John and look through his videos there's a great one on string height that truly helped me understand where to aim for. Plain English too, as is the way with Cgickenbone John.

Best of fortunes with your buildings

Comment by Shawn McConnaughay Sr on November 8, 2017 at 11:38am

Hey Jimmy Parks. If you're just getting into this I suggest going fretless with a higher action. Check out Uncle Crows videos on YouTube. I use a 3/8 bolt for nut and bridge. The best thing to do is get a kit from cbgitty and learn how to build one from there. Just a suggestion, great luck to you.

Comment by Jimmy Parks on November 8, 2017 at 10:58am

I am a new builder. (working on builds 2 and 3) I have seen a lot of varied info about setting string height above frets. I have not been using fret boards, so I have discovered that I have to have a fairly low bridge and nut. On my first build I went by some suggestions I read on line from a German builder and set strings about 1-1.5 mm (.040-.060"} at tuner end and 2-2,5 mm (,080-,100") at box end. I don't play much( trying to learn) so I don't know if this is about right. I hear that the "fine tuning" of this height is "personal preference" but I would love some feedback from a few of you "ole pros" if I am close or not.

Thanks

Jimmy Parks-Northcarolina

Comment by Shawn McConnaughay Sr on November 4, 2017 at 2:08pm

I have made quite a few guitars. After the first Cigar Box Guitar I made a license plate resonator. Then made my own box. I keep graduating to something I haven't done yet. Is there a good instructional video on making presentable pickups? My goal is to make something that I made 100%

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