Hi guys I originally posted this in the (Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts),
My bad. And MadDog responded, thanks Maddog. I'd like to know if anyone else has had a similar problem and how they rectified it.
I'm on my second CBG , on my first I used a coil pickup but on this one I decided to play around with piezo pickups. The disk I found worked very well, heaps of volume but had that annoying clattering sound, almost too sensitive. So I experimented with a under saddle Rod pickup as I thought that these were supposed to be far Superior but to my utter dismay I can hardly get any volume out of it. It's not a crook rod because I tried several of them, purchase from C.B. Gitty. The best I can get is laying the string directly over the rod and even then the old ac30 needs to be cranked up.
See photos of bridge and saddle arrangement.
Any enlightening suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
regards to all,
Walt.
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It looks as if the strings may be pulling the bridge saddle forwards more than pushing it downwards. If it is, then the lack of enough of the necessary downwards pressure could be your problem. The strings may need to angle down more in front of the bridge.
Ok so I'll shift the break angle to the centre of the bridge and see if that helps, thanks.
This was my thought, too. I have a bone saddle on a CB Gitty piezo and it's really, really loud. Maybe I should try a wood one - it would be a lot easier than installing a volume pot!
Sooooo gee, you were in PF Chang's and you thought to your self wow these chop sticks a gonna make a great bridge saddle and one just fell into your pocket and I'll bet they're still scouring the place looking for it.
Ok so here's the latest and it is better but not what I expected, and the low string is considerably quieter.
Is there a specific orientation requirement for these rod pickups?
more photos
Thanks for all the advice guys, I'm in the process of trying all your ideas out but I'm starting to think that I may just have a bad batch of rods or maybe I'm expecting too much because when I say low volume I mean it's like 4 to 6 time quieter than a disk. I need to turn the amp up to the point of annoying ac hum to achieve half reasonable sound. I haven't tried all ten rods but I will and I'll keep pushing on but some thing tells me I'll be going back to my hand wound mini humbuckers.
Cheers
Walt
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