I followed several threads here recently and thought I might enjoy some of the building going on here.

I have been interested in making a solid body electric lap dulcimer and found a thread here on using piezo electric rod pickups that seem to go with what I've been learning about,

I'd like to find out if there is a preference between the Humbucker magnetic pickups and the piezo electric rod pickups. is the sound about the same? Can a piezo even be used in a solid body design?

I realize this is a forum primarily about using Cigar Boxes but I hope some here might have an idea on this idea. There is very little info on this in other forums.

I read that the piezo  embedded in different bridge woods or materials would give a different quality or type of sound but if there's a way of comparison, is it just ease of install or personal pref.or limitation I'm not aware of.

My goal is to make an instrument that allows me to learn "Tapping" as well as strum & finger picking

here is a link to tapping on a Chapman stick. I just was to learn a simpler dulcimer version of this method.

Chapman Stick

 

I'm very excited at the possibilities of the different builds but I also need to know how the Piezo rod is kept in place. If a bridge is made from a dense hardwood(I would think necessary for good sound transmission to the rod) and drilled for the rod( like the threaded eye bolt in another thread), would a spot of epoxy at the two ends be enough to keep it inplace or would a some epoxy putty all alone the  bottom of the channel be better..

I'm looking at making a floating bridge.

Now all this is just in my head right now, I haven't started getting materials yet, maybe in a few weeks

.I'm hoping to learn from others here to get a better understanding of the build.

Thanks a lot for any help Wyndham

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You can use rod Piezo's on a solidbody, it would probibly require a preamp like the man in the video is installing but it does work. Heck, our very own Barefoot Cajun put a T.c. Rocker Piezo on a brick and it sounded great so i don't see why it wouldn't work.

 

 

http://www.guitarpartsusa.com/item--Guitar-Pickups-Fender®-Style-P-...

Used as is, they come wired as humbuckers,seperated they are single coils.

Don 

Wyndham Dennison said:

Thanks for the video and help, I may try several ways and see what works better.

 

Don, Is there such a thing as a 4 post mag pickup

Wyndham

Those look nice, lot of choices out there. Reminds me of the  song"Did you ever have to make up your mind"

Wyndham

1966, in my estimatation one of the best folk rock bands ever. Lovin' Spoonful.

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