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Permalink Reply by Reverend Otis on August 22, 2012 at 5:43pm

i generally mount them as close to the strings as possible, if you can, directly under the bridge so that the two are touching

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Permalink Reply by Reverend Otis on August 22, 2012 at 5:45pm

ive even used them as the actual bridge a few times. they work by picking up the vibration of the string so the more direct contact the better

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Permalink Reply by mike mccaw on August 24, 2012 at 6:23am

I've seen a few st up like that,but will the strings eventually cut into the pezio and ruin it like that?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 24, 2012 at 8:12am

Check out Randy Bretz' bridge / rod piezo / saddle combos. Basically, he makes a slot in his Spectrawood bridge deep enough to hold the rod piezo, then puts a buffalo bone saddle directly atop that. The bridge has a tiny hole for the wire to feed down into the box, but itself is typically not glued down to the top of the box.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Roberts on August 25, 2012 at 10:02am

I used a 1/8" brass nipple for my bridge and glued it in there with silicone and put brass caps on and it sounds great

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/my-favorite-so-far

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Permalink Reply by Wade on August 25, 2012 at 2:16pm

I built and glued this one around the piezo with scraps of ebony. The piezo is under the maple piece.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Woods on August 27, 2012 at 4:29am

I cut a kerf in a strip of wood leaving about a 1/16 wood at the bottom. The rod piezo goes nicely in the 1/8" kerf with a wood or corian strip as a saddle fitting over the piezo .  I notice a definite advantage for the rod piezo sound quality.

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