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3 disk custom piezo pickups.

hey everyone! i make piezo pickups in my spare time and sell them on ebay or locally. i will make custom orders for not much more than i sell an already wired system. i usually make a 3 disk configuration, with the exposed part of the disk encased in hot glue, soldered to a 1/4 jack. the disk arrangement allows for soldering the metal base part of the disks together to form "one" cohesive disk vs 3 seperate disks all separately wired.i also can add volume or tone pots, more or less disks (i've made a 6 disk for my 6 string guitar), specified wire lengths, etc. heres my ebay link with pictures and whatnot. thanks! ebay

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Permalink Reply by tyler lowe on April 1, 2016 at 11:12pm

Thanks everyone for the large amount of support and kind words about my pickups! after selling quite a few i have bought the necessary gear to build the pickups bigger and better and i am hoping to keep making and selling these to you kind folks! the newest revision is more refined because you asked for it. 27mm disks (up from 20mm), volume control, and longer wire between components makes it even easier to get the pickup and jack where it is needed in your instrument. thanks again everyone and happy strumming gentlemen! you can buy at my amazon

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