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Permalink Reply by Muddy Creek Guitars on December 22, 2013 at 5:07pm

I used to use epoxy resin, and that worked fine, but it is expensive and takes a long time to dry. Now I use super glue. It works just fine, is cheap, and sets up in about ten seconds. A lot of people use hot glue guns. I don't like to use hot glue. It takes time to heat the glue up and it's messy. But that's just my opinion. Best thing is to experiment and see what you like.

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on December 22, 2013 at 8:50pm

hot glue is the recommended method, though i make a round pocket in the neck, place a small piece of velcro beneath the piezo to help take the edge off the microphoney sound, and tape the edges with plastic tape, but not too tightly, the piezo needs room to vibrate. (-:

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Permalink Reply by Darren Lane on December 22, 2013 at 10:57pm

I used silicone for mine. Only because I had some laying around. It grabs instantly but takes 12hrs to go off properly. It sticks to anything. Easy to cut off once set if you need to change location.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on December 23, 2013 at 4:18am

I sit a piece of plastic waste pipe on the soundboard,half fill with hot glue,sit the piezo in,fill to top

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Permalink Reply by Barsymes Cratchnee on December 31, 2013 at 6:37pm

Now that is interesting.  Gonna try this on my next build. How deep is this thing?  Always hard to tell size/depth on these pics.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on January 1, 2014 at 1:01am

The slice of waste pipe is about 1/2" deep

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on December 23, 2013 at 4:37am

I found this way was less noise, it's only my opinion.

You can see that the piezo is embedded in a recessed gap with hot glue then covered again with hot glue. I find this reduces noise from the neck and when touching the box.

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on December 23, 2013 at 4:38am

P.S These pick up can be cut....sometimes I get 4 or 5 pups just from one.

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Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on December 23, 2013 at 4:40am

Sample: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/my-crutch

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on January 2, 2014 at 3:33pm

How are you cutting them?  Does the white part crack?

John

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on January 2, 2014 at 5:28pm

Doesn't seem to - I just used heavy duty sissors.

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on December 23, 2013 at 6:53am

Hey Reeds - I used that method on a build - but used two - stacked and wired in parallel - I was pleased with the sound - I'm going to try a few more when I get a chance.
This should have been right under the pic of your PU - it seems to have jumped ! :-)

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