Nice work! But I do think the pickguard is a bit too much. Besides, pick scratches on the covering will give it that "road worn" look!
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-Scott
Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:25 pm
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the piezo needs to be under the bridge to pickup the vibrations of the strings. there isnt much going on under the tailpiece. if you have a space under the bridge, wedge it under there with a shim of some sort. most pizeos need a little pressure, but not too much, to work best.
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Statistics: Posted by johnnyb — Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:43 am
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When I tried wiring it in with the other pickups I didn't seem to get anything out of it. Ultimately (as seen in the pic) I gave it its own output.
I got the idea for this from a bass player friend who has had good results putting piezos in basses before, as described above in this thread.
-Scott
Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:08 am
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I'm electrical-taping it beneath the bridge, maybe wedging it between the bridge and the body with a tiny sliver of foam?
Statistics: Posted by Michael Ambrose — Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:59 pm
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With no bridge pickup, blend a little bit of this into the mix and it adds a nice little twang to the tone.
I can't wait for my binding tape to come in!
(I'm also thinking of adding an Artec QTP EQ pot... but I'm hesitant because its not a true-bypass circuit...)
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Just a quick mock-up of a rebuilt 1958 Danelectro U-1... I'm calling this a U-1.5... its essentially a U-1 wrapped in "westen" brown paisley tolex with a piezo added (piezo adds the ".5" haha). The tolex still needs to dry, and I'm waiting on cream body binding tape. What you see sticking out of the sides are upholstery tacks... I'm going to make a border with them on the binding tape. Controls, I think, will include a pickup selector switch and two concentric stacked volume and tone controls.
Here's a before shot.
(Cool as it looks in this shot, the art was a big mess in person... lots of white out and sharpie. I actually tried playing it in rehearsal before demoing it, and most of the media ran all over my arms and shirt when I got sweaty.)
Statistics: Posted by Michael Ambrose — Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:38 am
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