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OK, I've finished my first CBG and I made tons of mistakes that I've learned from and will make much better ones in the future.
My question is: I used a peizo transducer and a stereo jack, now when I have it plugged in and try to use any gain what so ever on my amp, all I get is a high pitched feedback.
Have I used the wrong jack? Should I use mono? The peizo is glued to the back wall of the inside of the box, should it be somewhere else?
Who knew building one of these would be such a pain until you knew what you were doing? LOL

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Permalink Reply by Crow on May 19, 2010 at 3:17am

cool, thanks for all the tips!! i love the hot glue idea, it's fast to stick and removeable too. brilliant! i keep a hot glue gun in a cigar box, stacked underneath the -other- cigar box that holds my soldering iron...
LOL

cigar box culture = me + smiles.

Wes Yates said:

Crow,

Remember, your results may vary. You may have to x'perment a little. Keep in mind that the lid is a big sound receiver too, so. I found that using hot glue allows me to remove and reposition easily. Oh and I also use the clear hot glue, not the white/cloudy hot glue.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Brian " BigB " Saunders on May 19, 2010 at 6:40am

Hey guys, just to put my 2 cents worth in here. I was having a terrible time with feedback, so much so I couldn't even play the dang guitar. Then I came across the idea ( I forget who I stole it from LOL ) of sandwiching the piezo between the neck and the top of the cigar box right under the bridge. I don't even glue it really, it stays in place because it's squeezed between the two surfaces. I can't even get feedback now, even if I put the guitar right in front of the amp. I turn the gain all the way up and the tone all the way up and it still won't feedback on me. It's absolutely the best tip I've stolen to date LOL

Crow said:

cool, thanks for all the tips!! i love the hot glue idea, it's fast to stick and removeable too. brilliant! i keep a hot glue gun in a cigar box, stacked underneath the -other- cigar box that holds my soldering iron...
LOL

cigar box culture = me + smiles.

Wes Yates said:
Crow,

Remember, your results may vary. You may have to x'perment a little. Keep in mind that the lid is a big sound receiver too, so. I found that using hot glue allows me to remove and reposition easily. Oh and I also use the clear hot glue, not the white/cloudy hot glue.

-WY