Paradigm Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Hi, I'm looking at piezo pickups at the moment to put in a guitar (a fishman one to be precise), and it says one of their powerchip Blender pots is required so that the magnetic pickups dont short out the piezo pickups, if they're all connected together. But i was wondering if putting a two-way switch in (piezo only - magnetic only) would solve the problem of having to buy one of these? I'm thinking it would keep the circuits seperate so the magnetics wouldn't short the piezo, but I'm only guessing really. I would buy one but the pickup itself is expensive enough, and i don't feel confident enough to put in a battery box. But anyway, comments appreciated as I'm not very experienced with guitar electronics, so apologies for any terminology errors and things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 A switch will work fine so long as you don't want to run both at the same time - if you want to blend the sounds of the piezos with your other pickups, you'll have to use some kind of active buffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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