What would be the best pickup arrangement to keep the "reso sound"? This CBG has a parts pan with a drain cover over. The drain cover legs are cut off to sit in the pan o it is flush and everything is held in by string pressure.
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Well, I tried a few things and ended up back with the tried and true - Rod in the bridge in parallel with a disc embedded in silicone and then with a switch I can add another disc embedded in the neck. The double rod idea didn't seem to work very well.
You guys are supposed to be talking me down from these ledges!!!!!! :-)
Rod Piezo! Very twangy and loud.
Would you place the rod up against the pan? I would think placing in the bridge like normal would negate the reso part of the sound.
I think the idea would be to put the rod under the saddle of a biscuit bridge. It does work quite well. Randy Bretz has been building some really nice rod piezo biscuit bridges using that method and his sound great.
Hey Thanx SD - Yeah, that's the way I build them as well - I'm just looking for any ideas that would get more "reso" sound - I must sound like those customers that say - "I don't know what I want - I just know what I don't want"
I've tried a variety of mic elements - no good sounds there - I'm just about to try the P bass pickup mounted about 1/8" below the pan - I'll report soon!!
Don't forget to make sure the pan is magnetic! If it isn't you need to glue/attach something magnetic to it. I use those crappy magnetic strips off big fridge magnets and glue them to the bottom of the cone in line with the pup
Another option is a cheap iRig mic plugged into a preamp. You can get some great creamy overdrive this way.
Another vote for mag pup under the resonator. Works a treat, I use a ring magnet and just make a large single pole pickup that is circular and fits well under the reso.
Hey - the Finger brothers!! I have a "P bass pickup" that I got from CBGitty - would I put that under the pan or between the drain cover and the pan?
I have some mic elements left over from when I was making Harp Mics - would that work?? Sounz like I got some experimenting to do!!!!! :-)
One other thing I should mention - the drain cover legs (8) sit on the parts pan so that the vibrations transfer to it.
The fingers have got it. Try installing the pup under the pan ...close, but not touching. Attach it to the neck. I sometimes do this type of thing with my kodakanjo film can builds. I just strap the pup to the neck with zip-ties.