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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 24, 2016 at 9:43am

I had a bad guitar cable do this to me...

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Permalink Reply by Daddy Eight on February 24, 2016 at 10:53pm

I thought of this but from CBGitty, it does not seem possible.

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Permalink Reply by Daddy Eight on February 24, 2016 at 10:55pm

The electrical system of the house is good. For twisting of the piezo cable, it's possible because I had to redo a weld. The noise was there before anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Cory LeBeau on February 24, 2016 at 8:19pm

Yeah I'd go w/ cable if it was clean before.I built one for a buddy and he called me up asking why it wouldnt play,or when did was buzzy.He came over w/ the cbg,and it sounded great thru my setup,well,good!lol

I sent him home w/ a new cable and bang,he's back in business.

Also theres really no ground wire,and piezos arent "expensive" pu's.I know there a some companies make expensive ones,but that ruins it for me.As much I can build for zero $,the better.

On different tip,I bought a new dano convertible,so cool,has a piezo under the bridge inside and the lipstick pu in the small soundhole.The clean is crystal.

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Permalink Reply by Daddy Eight on February 24, 2016 at 10:58pm

Thank you for the post! Can you give me good advice (plans) for mounting a piezo good (even with a volume knob)?

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Permalink Reply by Cory LeBeau on February 25, 2016 at 12:08am

IDK.

Its like solder the very left tab to the middle of the pot.Then come in w/ the PU,1 hot(red)to the farthest,black to top of the pot.Pre solder it best you can.

1 hole left on the pot,middle wire,red,to the input jack.Other black wire to middle of the pot.

I wire my own,and usually they are plug and play.

I have done some electrics,but too much time.Thats for my solid body electrics.

I probably gave you wrong directions,if you have any problems msg me.I'll pull one of mine apart and double check it.

Good luck,have fun and keep it GBG!!!

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Permalink Reply by Cory LeBeau on February 25, 2016 at 12:12am

Mounting,I do it under(inside the box)the bridge.With just thin double sided tape.I just use those cheap piezos.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on February 25, 2016 at 5:14pm

Sometimes you can get feedback noise in the box, I put a piece of tape over the top of the piezo to stop the feedback.

Fluorescent lights and the ballasts that control them can be big problems with piezos too.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on February 25, 2016 at 6:05pm

The lights already make a low buzz under normal operation that can create RF noise/problems. When the bulbs get old or the ballasts start going, the problems get worse.

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