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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on January 30, 2017 at 5:20am

I'm going with Erasmo's last thought....Install a single coil with volume and tone controls. 

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on January 30, 2017 at 7:02am

I have good luck most of the time with disc piezos.  I think the main things are getting a good seal between the piezo and the box - I use hot melt glue  - and then coating over the piezo with more glue - sandwiching it.   And placement under or near the saddle area is key as well.  Good wishes.

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Permalink Reply by JL on January 31, 2017 at 2:03am

As with all thing CBG, no 2 will sound exactly the same, but built nearly identically and wired nearly identically ought to at least sound similar.

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Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on February 2, 2017 at 7:39pm

Check the size of your piezo disc too!  I find 25mm to be weak and 27mm to be good... They also have to be under one corner of the bridge.   

What Uncle John said:  when you glue it down, make sure you press hard to get the hot melt to spread out and glue the full surface with the glue as thin as possible...  Cover the exposed side with hot melt... 

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