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This is what it looks like inside. This cable says "Guitar Cable" on it.
I removed the piezo from it's case. The jack package said mono, Maybe I need to go back to radio shack and talk to a different sales person. Piezo I in perminently. I think I will get a new everything and start over.
I apologize for hijacking this thread - hopefully Paul Doug got his sound issue figured out. I'm having the same issue. This is my third attempt at building, and the first one that actually seems playable. I'm a complete moron with tools, electronics, so I didn't even know about taking the piezo out of the housing. I tried that, and still nothing. Well, almost nothing. If I tap on the piezo I get sound through the amp, but otherwise it's just silence. Since the wires on those radio shack piezos are so tiny, I figured I'd try soldering the ends and then putting electrical tape over it. As you might be able to tell from the pix, my skills are a bit lacking...lol. I did try attaching it to the underside of the box with a piece of electrical tape, as well as just letting it hang freely inside the box while I strummed(just to test). Still nothing. Anyways, hopefully these few pix show what I'm trying to figure out. Any thoughts much appreciated. Also, this site is AWESOME. I pretty much just lurk, but the amount of creativity and skill in here is very cool, as well as the willingness of so many to help(Doc Oakroot, etc).
Doc Oakroot - thank you! I've sort of got it figured out. I tried undoing my solder job, but it was a mess, so I just cut the wires and attached them to another jack by hand twisting. I was able to get sound, although I still couldn't move the guitar much or it would disappear. But it's obviously the connection to the jack that was the issue, so I need to solder a lot better and I'll be in business. I attached a pic of how I taped down the piezo - is it ok to cover the edges like that? Also, is soldering the only way to get the necessary connection? Here is a picture of the build so far. It's ugly, but I gotta start somewhere...lol.
Paul Dog - If I can(kinda) get it figured out, anyone can. I think part of the challenge for me is that those piezo wires are about the diameter of 3 human hairs, and when I globbed on the solder, it just made things worse. Let me know how it goes!
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