Hey, do you think wiring the piezo with an on-off switch directly to the output jack would work? Having the magnetic pups regular wired, then switching on the piezo, both signals should blend, the piezo without vol. and tone. Or would a short cut occure due connection of hot/piezo with hot/humbucker and also both grounds on the jack?
What kind of wire should I use? Rather thick or thin, usual power wire or wire for speakers or something else? I tried some different kinds but am still not sure which one is the best.
Have you ever tried wiring the piezo in series with a magnetic pickup? I am curious what that would do to the tone. Also how do you get the piezo to sound so full? In my experience the piezo is very quiet and all top end when connecting to a regular low impedance input.
ccjmusic it all comes down to placement. Go to the ‘cigar box guitar Builder’ podcast and listen to the interviews I did with mike Snowden and John nickel. You can find the podcast on iTunes and the podbean app. I’ll post a link to both on the Facebook group of the same name. Hope it helps you find a great piezo sound. It helped me
Trevor Lynch actually I hate onboard preamps. They are ungainly and cumbersome on a small box. Just me. I certainly understand why people like them though. The way I place them has heaps of oomph and the amp does the rest.
The Cigar Box Guitar Builder awesome. Just a tip from a viewer, it’s a little confusing which wire is which because you didn’t explain that for each wire as far as where they are going
@@thecigarboxguitarbuilder1860 i hate onboard preamps also, but when i wire up magnetic and piezos parallel, they don't work. i'm no electrician, so i don't get what's the issue, although i bet it's impedance matching thingy. it's not soldering error: they both work perfect when not connected to the same jack, but when i connect two hot wires piezo signal disappears. i can't seem to get this to work without an active preamp. how did you get through impedance mismatch?
