madcow Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 as you will see i know virtually nothing about piezo pickups A couple of questions about piezo pickups: 1. Can theywork on solid and not solid (hollow) guitars 2. where do you put them 3. can you put a piezo a solid body guitar with a FR or strat style trem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonamemx Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 IM not the expert on them, I have made threads before but was rudely told to go "use the search function" but here goes. 1. Yes. Anything that makes a vibration 2. AnyWHERE that makes a vibration 3. both. Anywhere that makes a vibration basically, your looking for a surface with the strongest vibrations Try experimenting all over the guitar. On solidbody, the common thing to do is epoxy the piezo's to the weighted stock of the tremolo on both vintage and FR trems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulNeeds Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I use one of these on a strat - and may well end up fittingit into a couple of other guitars too. graphtech ghost system LR Baggs do one for les pauls as well, and also Fishman make some, but I've not used either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 What exactly are the piezo's that are picking up the string vibration, cause knowing that would mean you can make you own piezo system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 IM not the expert on them, I have made threads before but was rudely told to go "use the search function" Lighten up, dude! Let me illustrate why some one might tell you to use the search function, rudely or otherwise: Title search In Electronics - 'piezo" There's a full page of threads - most of them are directly related to the questions that madcow asked in his original message. Brian is kind enough to give us space for archiving all this info, and we really should make use of it. How difficult is it to type a single keyword into the search box? If you've searched, and you can't find the answer, then you have every right to be offended by a flip reply, but if not, well..., let's just say it's probably best to walk it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 There is actually a suprising amount of interestng threads archived away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 yeah its hard to believe but thsiteactually is interesting anyway, would you recomend making my own piezo pickup (i've seen plenty of tutorials for it) or buying one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazard Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 I would presume that if you buy a piezo system, it would be better than a self built one. But a self built one would give you a lot of pride so it's up to you really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myka Guitars Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 If you haven't done it already check The Musical Instrument Maker's Forum. They have a couple archived discussions about piezos as well as a design with a parts list and thread describing how to build a preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcow Posted July 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 do you need a preamp to run a piezo pickup? or can you just plug it right into the jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 You can run them straight but they usually sound thin or tinny, a pre-amp is always a good idea for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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