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Opinion Needed No touch soundboard piezo

  I believe it is Darren Brown that make his piezo pickups so they are in the bridge so far (above soundboard) that they don't actually tou…

Started by Wade

 4 Sep 28, 2012
Reply by SD Helfrich

Isolating the piezo

Hello, new here.   Ok, I just went and bought some cork sheeting, about 1/8" thick, and put a layer of it on my cbg, with little noticeable…

Started by David Ford

 15 Aug 22, 2012
Reply by rusty case

Buzzing with volume pot but not when up full !!

Hi guys, really hoping you can help me here. I've looked but can't find an answer to my problem. When I wire up a piezo to a volume pot I g…

Started by Jim Junksville Sharkey

 3 Nov 29, 2011
Reply by connie joe lockwood

Piezo(s) with Volume & Tone Controls?

Would like input for installing a single or dual disc style piezo with both volume and tone controls.  If I'm using  500 ohm audio taper po…

Started by Habanera Hal

 3 Oct 25, 2011
Reply by Glenn Reither

I hate...

I hate when I need to solder jack positive(red color cabel) in angle and not straight.  Hard to get right. Smaller cabel breaks easily and…

Started by Jantan ux

 1 Oct 23, 2011
Reply by howellhudson

Dual Piezo wired in parallel with 500k vol pot problem

Hi Nation,   I made a fairly sweet sounding cbg with 2 piezo wired in parallel and added a 500k vol pot, works great no noise whatsoever if…

Started by Dazedlemonpie

 3 Jul 22, 2011
Reply by Malcolm Haines

Under saddle pickups

Started by Michael Fred Johnson

 1 May 28, 2011
Reply by Penny Nelson

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