Never even considered putting a spring in cigarbox or tin but is there anyone made a simple reverb with a piezo and spring? What's the bare bones to hooking it up with a simple piezo? Thank you
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I did a reverb box in a suitcase where an amplified pizzo is used to excite the spring and a cheap bucker is used to send the movement of the spring back to an output, works great when u kick it, just like an old twin
Doug Krantz > The Phrygian KidJanuary 4, 2014 at 10:17am
Simple reverb/whammy: L shaped rod, 3 or 4 holes along base of L aligned with upright of L, small 2 hole pipe straps or oversized holes for screws to hold L in place (oversized holes allow rocking motion) as tailpiece, string tension returns part to neutral position after pushing or pulling to bend and torque those notes and chords! Open up the L to your preferred hand position for use before final assembly.
Well, since a piezo has a direct pressure response to vibrations, you should just be able to connect a spring across the long end of your box, or along the underside of the neck, maybe. Sympathetic vibes from the strings and the resulting air waves bouncing around the inside of the box will set the spring singing, which will be picked up by the piezo. Pick's Swamp Witches have an internal reverb spring that works this way.
Ron "Oily" Sprague > Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal MusicJanuary 3, 2014 at 3:48pm
Fender Tremelo springs work well. Also check auto parts stores for various spring sizes and tensions. Not too tightly wound, though; you don't wanna collapse yer box.
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heres a good place to find springs and things
http://www.mcmaster.com/#
Talk to Old Lowe
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