#Piezo violin series#

One question that gets asked a lot is whether the polarity of what piezo wire you connect to which pole on the jack matters. Many builders stick with this basic setup and never feel the need to get any fancier – and there is nothing wrong with that! This setup will give you a very straightforward sound, which is very dependent on where the piezo is placed and how it is mounted in the box – see our articles on piezo basics for more info on that. This is the setup that many first-time CBG builders use when looking to be able to plug their build into an amp. This diagram shows about the most basic wiring setup you can get: a single piezo transducer wired directly to a mono (two pole) jack. This can save you a lot of time, and time is money, so check it out! The Neutrik-brand jacks we sell in our web store are selected specifically because they have a nice 9.5mm shaft length perfect for getting through a cigar box side with a minimum of gouging and thinning. One more thing before we can get started – it can make things a LOT easier if you use a jack with a nice long threaded shank that will reach through the side of a cigar box.

#Piezo violin series#

We will present three different diagrams here: a simple piezo to jack setup a piezo to jack with a volume pot added in piezos wired in series and parallel to a jack and a dual piezo setup that includes a 3-way switch for switching between the two piezos. You can get good results and have a lot of fun with something as simple as a piezo, a length of wire and a jack. Granted, you can get extremely complicated with it, but the point is you don’t HAVE to.

It is important to remember that adding electronics to your CBG doesn’t have to be some kind of black magic. The basic concepts presented here can be built upon and experimented with in your own building adventures, with great results. In this article we will present several basic wiring diagrams created by Ted Crocker, and discuss each of them in some detail to help you understand what is going on.ĭon’t forget that you can get most of the parts shown in this article, including piezos, jacks, volume potentiometers and potentiometer knobs, right in our C.

Putting electronic components into a cigar box guitar, and getting everything properly wired and connected, can be a daunting task for the first-timer – but it doesn’t have to be.