I didn't get home 'till late last night so I couldn't try. Tonight,
though, I promise...
The piezo acts like a pick-up when attached to the bridge of a guitar.
The mod is simply soldering a cable to it with a jack. Sometimes I
cut the it into a different shape (it's normally) or just to get it
less hot. The output is amazingly loud.
The idea, I guess, is instead of having it translate vibration into
electrons (as it does when it's a pick-up), but to translate electrons
(from the MOTM) into vibration that will move the top of the guitar
through the bridge. Then mic the top to record.
Mike
--- In motm@y..., elhardt@a... wrote:
> Mike Marsh writes:
> >>Radio Shack makes a $3 piezo buzzer that I modify to create
transducers to
> amplify acoustic instruments. They sound nasty, so I like them. I
have one
> mounted on an old guitar at the bridge. I'm going to hook it to the
output of
> my MOTM and see what happens. I'll report back, maybe with an mpg...<<
>
> I'm assuming that it is an acoustic guitar, and you will try to use
the guitar
> body to amplify the piezo sound. If so, I'd like to hear an mpeg if
you record
> one. I seem to remember the piezo buzzer I used ages ago only put
out one tone.
> I'm guessing your modification gets around that problem.
>
> -Elhardt