I hope everyone is feeling ok, during this unexpected free time I am building instruments again. does anyone know of a bendable magnetic pickup that can be mounted on a cello type instrument.
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Hi, first a question, why bendable? And you would need steel strings for a mag pickup to work, Maybe piezo pickup might be a better option if not using steel strings. But I'm thinking they might be black covered steel strings, so I'll shut up.
Taff
Hi mark, what may overcome your problem is, if you can find or modify a pickup, one that has adjustable pole screws, and adjust the screws to the string radius. I do that on Gibson humbuckers to get a better even output.
Or if you had a single coil mag pickup with six pole pieces all at the same height, then fashion a metal bar that will sit on top of them. The top of the bar will have the radius you need and of course the bottom would be flat, maybe with small recesses drilled to accommodate the poles.
This bass I built using a Highlander bass pickup/pre-amp system, I built a coaxial style flexible piezo sensor into a regular hardtail bridge.
I think your best bet is a pickup meant for a Cello, from what I remember, pickups for Cellos & Basses operate on a different frequency response than other instruments?
Hi Mark, Brian Q is correct.
s correct, so if yo wanted a better match you could use a Bass pickup as I did on the breadboard Bass I built, shown here. [I hope]
It is the half of the Fender Precisian Bass pickup. To test I placed an aluminium bar across the pole pieces and it still worked fine. I figured aluminium would be easier to work than steel. You could then epoxy the two together, ensuring and good contact between the poles and bar.
Taff ...This site is still stuffing me around.
I used a Flatpup on a acoustic CBG with Bronze string and it worked great.
As long as the strings have a ferrous core or the pickup has a high level of microphonics, it will work.
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