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Hum and Buzz - Some Tips for Effective Electrification
Electrifying your cigar box guitar or other homemade instrument build can be a very rewarding experience. Being able to plug into an amp not only gives you more volume, but it opens the door to a huge range of effects that would not otherwise be available. And it is a proven fact that having a pickup in a guitar makes it easier to sell - being able to plug in and rock out evokes images of Eddie Van Halen and Slash and is sure to get any would-be rocker's blood pumping.Our Disc-o-Tone pre-wired p
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2nd Sep 2020
Steal This Trick - The #1 Can't-Miss Tip To Tame That Hot Disk Piezo
Want to tame the sound of your disk piezo-electrified cigar box guitar? Would you like to keep the disk piezos ease-of-use and get rid of the shrill high-end they often have?You do? Well then, let's talk about using capacitors with your disk piezo pickups – the can't miss trick to make your disk piezo-electrified cigar box guitars sound a whole lot better.In this article, using plain, easy-to-understand language, you'll learn ...
why you want to use a capacitor in your disk piezo-elec
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17th Apr 2019