My Sister in law pulled out a #10 can of spaghetti sauce (didn't know she was a prepper!) so I got the 2 lids... Hammered out this reso... Now I can't decide if I should go Piezo or Humbucker...
I know, I know... do both... but ??? Meh...
I know the piezo, if glued to the reso will dampen it a bit, while a mag pup won't pickup as much as the resonator quality, so maybe a piezo on the wood instead, but???
So, to quote Johnny 5, I need "input, Stephanie!"
What would you do, and why?
John
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Yeah, but... ugh.. I'm just being lazy... I was thinking I'd JB-Weld the piezo to the bottom of the reso, which is why I figured it would dampen it a bit.
Have you connected Piezo/Mag in parallel? Does it work ok, or is a balance pot a better idea? The impedances are so far apart, I figured the piezo would lose a lot of the high-end response...
will a magnet stick to that plate ? or is it full allum ? if it's magnetic , another option is ; you can mount a mag pup under it verry close to the plate but not touching . it will read the plate as a string . see if ya like that sound .
Nice, I didn't think about that! It's a #10 can lid... mild steel...
photo ala ph kid
How about neither and put a little electret condenser microphone somewhere in there?
CBG IS about doing w/ what you got.Go piezo,or just buy a cheap electric guitar.
So I mounted a dual rail humbucker about 1/16" from the resonator and hooked it up. Just in case I decided to go back to a Piezo, I didn't put in a volume/Tone pot.
Just for giggles, I went with electric strings, grounded both the strings and the resonator.
Stellar idea! It sounds Great!
#59: The electric Resonator... :-)
Thanks all for the suggestions... If I get some time, I might record a bit so you can hear it. The output from the pickup is surprisingly strong...
That is a beautiful instrument.
Thank you!
;-) good stuff ;-)
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