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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on August 2, 2014 at 10:10am

I would use some double sided tape, and move it around until you get the sound that you want. The disc piezo is probably going to be more sensitive than the rod piezo, so expect more extraneous noises from it.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on August 2, 2014 at 10:18am

Get a $5 strat pup, wire it up and snap it on (the magnet will hold it there, enabling you to shift it around ad-hoc)

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Permalink Reply by Pinkie Stanley on August 2, 2014 at 11:11am

I really like this idea, but apparently the washboard is stainless steel and a magnet doesn't stick to it. :(

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on August 2, 2014 at 5:04pm

Are you sure?
Stainless steel def has iron in it, should still work

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on August 3, 2014 at 1:39am

Magnetic attraction of stainless steel depends on the steel and how it was processed.

A mag pup won't stick to a low magnetic permeability stainless steel.

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Permalink Reply by Randy S. Bretz on August 3, 2014 at 5:30am

It`s probably galvanized metal, never saw a stainless steel washboard !  When I mounted the mag pickup in my washboard guitar, I left it an 1/8" below the metal part [ galvanize ] and it activated the whole top. Works excellent !!

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/amish-harp-sound-check

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on August 3, 2014 at 6:22am

Columbus Washboard makes stainless steel washboards.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on August 3, 2014 at 9:37am

If a start pup definitely won't just snap on I would still be keen on this approach, couple nuts and bolts up one corner or a small plate of steel screwed on should take care of things nicely :)

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Permalink Reply by Pinkie Stanley on August 3, 2014 at 1:04pm

Yeah, I would actually rather use a magnetic pickup, and I have plenty of them lying around the workbench. Had to work today, but I'll rig something up tomorrow and see how it works. This will require that I ground the metal of the washboard as I would the strings on a guitar, right?

Thanks for the suggestions! :)

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Permalink Reply by Wade on August 3, 2014 at 2:33pm

I used a double piezo encased in hot glue Inside a wooden bridge. Worked out quite well.

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