Hiding pickup - Installing piezo transducer

1. Piezo transducer of www.schattendesign.com. Most cheep pickup in stewmac.com.

2. Plan and test

 

1st plan before installing. Made new bridge/tailpiece plate because no magnetic pickup required. Install the transducer into new plate and body.

Testing; Transducer direction and new bridge/tailpiece plate thickness.

Testing; New bridge/tailpiece plate carving area.

Need small cavity on body top to reduce pressure to the transducer.

Testing; Covering around.

Reference; considering two transducers and the position however two transducers are not given much sound differences from one transducer's case.

Idea; Preparing kit for in case of piezo transducer or magnetic pickup.

 

Final plan for this moment;

 

3. Fitting; New bridge/tailpiece plate was made from spruce (Not finished yet)

One volume pot was wired.

 

Next; Finishing bridge/tailpiece plate.

 

4. Run for cover; attach sponge rubber as absorber where contact to body.

5. Memo for ground wire to bridge

 

Found information that adding ground wire on Les Paul® guitar such as Mr. John Sykes's Custom. Ground wire is exposed on body top.

 

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