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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on November 22, 2017 at 6:34am

A lot of people wire it like you have for a cleaner git look, but others, myself included, prefer the convenience of a vol pot at least and sometimes a tone pot, both on the git. Now I'm including a link, not saying you don't know how to do this, but you might find this article interesting(diagram 1b in particular), it shows 2 tone controls wired to control the treble and bass, might be what your looking for if your piezo a little hot and twangy.

click here tone pots

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Permalink Reply by Sean Albany on November 22, 2017 at 7:39am

Thanks for this. Was planning on trying to add volume and tone on the next build.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 22, 2017 at 7:34am

Simplest way is to add an in line pre amp, you can hang it off your belt or put it next to the pignose, makes the piezo tameable as well.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Albany on November 22, 2017 at 7:37am

Was kind of leaning towards this solution, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on November 22, 2017 at 9:00am

Hi, when playing though my pig nose l use a reverb pedal. I can use the eq part and add a host of reverb effects.
Cheers Taff

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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on November 22, 2017 at 9:13am

Sean, you might like to check CB Gitty's piezo rod with equalizer pre amp. Shane has a video showing this rig  built directly into the git, and a second video showing it "hacked" into a small cigar box. Both methods are very portable, and @ $17.00, it is certainly priced right. I just got one, and I"m building it into a stand-alone box this weekend. I haven't been a piezo fan - more of a mag pickup guy, but I can be led to new processes. So I'll be building some rod piezo gits to make use of my new pre amp. Good luck with what will certainly be many more builds.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on November 22, 2017 at 10:57am

Lots of good advise here. I like the sound that comes with a preamp, but I always want to find the right passive solution. Maybe someday after a lot of experimentation I'll find the right combination.

There's a schematic right here on CBN for volume and tone control that I haven't tried yet involving 2-1 meg pots and 2 caps.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Albany on November 23, 2017 at 12:28pm

Thanks all

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