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Permalink Reply by Andy Eight Spades CBG on March 14, 2012 at 7:03pm

That's easy TC...........just kill the flies.

Haha, no seriously, piezos are a big issue for me as well. I've had great success and some really bad experiences. Problem is, I did nothing really different on many of them. I try to avoid them but even with some of the drawbacks there is nothing like them for a really raw delta blues sound.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 14, 2012 at 7:39pm

Tc,

Many builders have this problem. You've already done the Gobs O' Glue method. Some move them to the heaviest string side; some glue them between two thin pieces of wood and glue that to the lid; some attach them with silicone, then liberally coat that with another dollop of silicone; some bore a small depression in the neck, insert the piezo in their with glue or silicone, then glob in more silicone; and some stuff the box cavity with newspapers or shop rags ( which seems counterintuitive, but works for some people). The ones I've seen and heard here on CBN that seem to report the greatest success are the silicone glob method, and the wood sandwich method.

And maybe, since no two piezos are absolutely identical, you occasionally get a hypersensitive one. Try swapping it out with a different one. There just doesn't seem to be a single answer with these beasties.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 14, 2012 at 11:35pm

There is a single answer, but u won't like it....

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 15, 2012 at 2:24am

"Mag pups. Why did it have to be mag pups?"

>:-E

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Permalink Reply by Turkeychicken on March 15, 2012 at 3:51am

If that's what it needs to be, then so be it.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 15, 2012 at 4:51am

Talk to randy about the rods. There's piezo film sheets which are said to be promising too. You get what you pay for

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on March 15, 2012 at 10:49pm

                        Film piezo - underneath the bridge on my bowed dulci...they pick up sound very well. Only problem i don`t like is they can`t be cut shorter.

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Permalink Reply by Turkeychicken on March 14, 2012 at 9:02pm

Hahaha! Kill the flies! I needed a good laugh, thank you. I'm like you Andy, I try to do it the same everytime but with varied results.

Oily, thanks for all of the alternate methods. I think I am about done with disc piezos, going to move up to rod piezos and pickups, but I would like to make the best of the discs I have left. I will give them a shot to see what works.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 14, 2012 at 11:35pm

That's the one....
Disc piezos suck donkey balls leave em In the smoke detector

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Permalink Reply by Turkeychicken on March 15, 2012 at 3:55am

Im still learning. For the price, they can't be beat, but I am ready to make the leap to better sound quality.

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on March 15, 2012 at 4:25pm

Get the discs out of the box. Build them into the bridge on the outside and you will get much less box noise. Not all gone but much better than in the box. 

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Permalink Reply by Turkeychicken on March 15, 2012 at 4:41pm

Thanks for the tip, I will try it out as well. I usually make my bridges rather small, but if hiding a disc under a larger bridge will make an improvement, then a bigger bridge it shall be. I just want to get the best sound I can out of my remaining piezos before I move up to pickups.

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