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The string saddle is carved right into the bone- all one piece.
Randy S. Bretz said:
This is my new bone piezo bridge the underside is covered with hot glue. There is no feedback whats so ever!!
Kenton Kelley said:
No volume or tone control, just piezo pair wires twisted straight to the the guitar jack with heat shrink from end to end. I 'll have to unstring and open the box to check my solder points. The only better thing I can think of doing is to change the wire using a shielded conductor and connect the shield to the sleeve of the guitar jack. Any opinions?
It just seems that something can be done if I can greatly reduce the hum by touching the shield. I just don't understand why this happens with a piezo for a pick up.
The very first article I ever saw about using typical RS piezos recommended tossing the thin twisted wires that come on the things and replacing that with grounded audio cable.
I have done that with every one I used, and.... No hum.
This cable is the stuff that comes with most audio connectors; I have dozens of old ones around the house and just cannibalize 'em. The outer wire segment, twisted under the outer covering, is just pulled to one side and "tinned" for the ground connection, then the center wire can be stripped to expose enough to solder to the hot part of the piezo.
No volume or tone control, just piezo pair wires twisted straight to the the guitar jack with heat shrink from end to end. I 'll have to unstring and open the box to check my solder points. The only better thing I can think of doing is to change the wire using a shielded conductor and connect the shield to the sleeve of the guitar jack. Any opinions?
It just seems that something can be done if I can greatly reduce the hum by touching the shield. I just don't understand why this happens with a piezo for a pick up.
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