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"Does a piezo need a string ground like a magnetic pup? It sounds good and not makin…" Kevin Keating replied Feb 8, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"Man, after trying about 5 different spots and as many piezos, I think I finally foun…" Kevin Keating replied Feb 2, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"Piezos come in several sizes. Is there a difference in sound or volume between a 20…" Kevin Keating replied Jan 23, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"Are there better quality piezos with less noise? Or are they all pretty much the sa…" Kevin Keating replied Jan 21, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"Thanks guys. I have a CBG I'm working on and I think I'm going to use a disk piezo.…" Kevin Keating replied Jan 19, 2020 to Piezo pup handling noise	13	Feb 10, 2020 Reply by François
"No, and no idea. I'm just trying to find electro magnetic coils in other appliances…" Kevin Keating replied Dec 18, 2019 to ignition coils as pickups???	3	Dec 19, 2019 Reply by Tom T
"This has got me thinking. Can a switch be added to an instrument that has volume/to…" Kevin Keating replied Dec 10, 2019 to Volume/Tone Pots	8	Dec 11, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"I've built 2 CBGs. Each one using the same exact humbucker. One uses a volume whil…" Kevin Keating replied Dec 10, 2019 to Volume/Tone Pots	8	Dec 11, 2019 Reply by Paul Craig
"Beautiful case, and I'm sure is well worth it. But, yeah, a bit more than what I wa…" Kevin Keating replied Nov 16, 2019 to Cases for CBG's	23	Jun 10, 2023 Reply by Taffy Evans
"In my opinion, gig bags don't to any instrument any justice." Kevin Keating replied Nov 14, 2019 to Cases for CBG's	23	Jun 10, 2023 Reply by Taffy Evans

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Kevin Keating's Discussions (24)

"Does a piezo need a string ground like a magnetic pup? It sounds good and not makin…"

"Man, after trying about 5 different spots and as many piezos, I think I finally foun…"

"Piezos come in several sizes. Is there a difference in sound or volume between a 20…"

"Are there better quality piezos with less noise? Or are they all pretty much the sa…"

"Thanks guys. I have a CBG I'm working on and I think I'm going to use a disk piezo.…"

"No, and no idea. I'm just trying to find electro magnetic coils in other appliances…"

"This has got me thinking. Can a switch be added to an instrument that has volume/to…"

"I've built 2 CBGs. Each one using the same exact humbucker. One uses a volume whil…"

"Beautiful case, and I'm sure is well worth it. But, yeah, a bit more than what I wa…"

"In my opinion, gig bags don't to any instrument any justice."

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