Amplification

Posted by Joe Williams on October 22, 2017 at 12:05pm

This little guy, which I like to think of as a tenor guitar, but it's really a great big, steel string baritone uke, is about to be resonatified and electrificated. I'm going to put a small cone in the top and use a simple piezo. My question, for those with more experience (I've never messed with that electricity stuff) is where would you put the piezo and how would you mount it? I know there's no right answer, just mining other folks experiences.

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  • Joe Williams October 23, 2017 at 7:33pm

    Simply stuck down or embedded in some kind of "deadening" substance?

    • Richard Dean > Joe Williams October 23, 2017 at 7:56pm

      nope, I know some do that, but I just stick it to the surface I want it to pick up the best, most deaden it a little to avoid picking up background sounds like touching the strings, bumping the neck, but I don't think most piezo are all that sensitive unless you buy expensive low resistance ones, most I've seen were a little on the weak side

  • Richard Dean October 23, 2017 at 2:04pm

    After re-reading your post, your going to put a resonator cone in it...where...in the original sound hole?? Most resonators usually get the piezo mounted to it, as the res cone on our CBG's usually use the cone for placement of the bridge and saddle, but, in this case, if I understand correctly, bridge stays in it's original position(have to for scale) and your adding a res cone in sound hole, and you said disk(s) plural, mount one under the bridge and 1 or 2 on the underneath of the cone. This will amplify the soundboard and the res cone. or, try temporarily fastening to cone only or to soundboard only, these will give you 2 different sounds, or you may like the mix sound and sound volume output of mounting them in both places.

    Looks like a nice guitar/uke to start with, good luck, would love to hear how it sounds when finished.

    • Joe Williams > Richard Dean October 23, 2017 at 4:05pm

      No, the cone is to be centered where the bridge is. How else would make sense? I just said "disks" because I have a few on order, not because they are all for this project.

    • Richard Dean > Joe Williams October 23, 2017 at 4:49pm

      my mistake, simple answer, if room under the cone in the center where the saddle will rest, piezo there

    • Richard Dean > Richard Dean October 23, 2017 at 2:06pm

      might also benefit from using a guitar EQ pre-amp, especially as you have the body shape and space to mount one.

  • Richard Dean October 23, 2017 at 9:19am

    Directly under or just behind the bridge/saddle for a piezo, maybe even change bridges to use a stick piezo

    • Joe Williams > Richard Dean October 23, 2017 at 1:53pm

      Already have the disks on hand.

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