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Improve Your DIY Piezo Preamp with a Passive HPF
This project started as a casual exploration of passive high-pass filter circuits to improve my DIY piezo preamp's performance with...
Liza
Aug 2, 20231 min read
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Shielded My DIY Piezo Preamp
Can I shield my DIY piezo preamp, with a wooden enclosure, from EMI with copper shielding tape for electric guitars? Through much...
Liza
Jul 11, 20231 min read
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Piezo vs. Magnetic Pickups for Cigar Box Guitars
Cigar Box Guitar enthusiasts have been debating the merits of piezo vs. magnetic pickups for a long time. I obviously have a preference...
Liza
May 8, 20231 min read
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Installing Piezo Disk Pickup into Cigar Box Guitar: Soldering & Placement Advice
Hi cigar box guitar enthusiasts! Learn how to solder a piezo disk onto a 1/4 inch TS output jack, and how to determine the best placement...
Liza
May 8, 20231 min read
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Piezo Preamp Repair Fixed Issues with TC Helicon Play Electric
In my piezo preamp tutorial video, I showed you how I built my own piezo preamp for my cigar box guitar, and, I tested the preamp on a...
Liza
May 8, 20231 min read
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Why & How to Build a Piezo Preamp for Your Cigar Box Guitar
You'll need a piezo preamp to get the most out of your cigar box guitar with a piezo pickup (aka contact mic). Piezo preamps resolve the...
Liza
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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Piezo Preamp Test for Cigar Box Guitar
I've built a simple piezo preamp for my electro-acoustic Cigar Box Guitar. The particular preamp I built has been featured across the...
Liza
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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