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Permalink Reply by Ben on September 1, 2010 at 12:22pm

Quick! I'll save you from the snarky remarks! (Its been covered before) It deadens it a bit. Some people like wood, some like silicone, some like Shoe Goo, some like hot glue, some like leather, some like styrofoam, some like a combination of some or all of the above. The main thing is that piezos are generally extremely responsive and harsh. These methods all help tame them (and feedback) a bit.

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Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on September 1, 2010 at 2:54pm

Ben saves the day! Good post Ben. I like foam to deaden the harshness. But that's just me.
Don

Ben said:

Quick! I'll save you from the snarky remarks! (Its been covered before) It deadens it a bit. Some people like wood, some like silicone, some like Shoe Goo, some like hot glue, some like leather, some like styrofoam, some like a combination of some or all of the above. The main thing is that piezos are generally extremely responsive and harsh. These methods all help tame them (and feedback) a bit.

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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on September 2, 2010 at 12:49am

I put mine between wood and put it on the outside of the box, then i put my bridge piece ( brass rod, threaded bolt, key or whatever) on top of this. It makes a great pickup with less feedback and is very reponsive.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 2, 2010 at 5:22pm

Some [like me and tiny guitars] put a glob of hot glue down and stick it... the piezo that is... to the glue. Careful. Hot glue has that name for a reason [ever put melted cheese in your mouth off a pizza?]

-WY

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Permalink Reply by jeff whitford on September 3, 2010 at 3:47am

where is best location? i have one under bridge and seems fine but my other would be impossible
to do uder bridge without a lot of rework

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Permalink Reply by Rocky7 on September 5, 2010 at 2:35am

Why bust off the plastic cover?

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 5, 2010 at 2:46am

You could probably leave the plastic cover on if you wanted to, but it might change the sound a bit. Experiment and see what happens.

Rocky7 said:

Why bust off the plastic cover?

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