[LAU] pickups - was: Audio over WIFI

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:42:32 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 18 Jan 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:28:42 -0700, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Can I mention the  piezo pickups I installed in my accordion. Gawd
> >>> they sounded awful :) (Accordion wasn't bad back then when I
> >>> actually knew how to play one).
> >>
> >>
> >> Bob,
> >>
> >> an electromagnet/coil is fairly useless for recording an accordion.
> >> Usage of coils isn't impossible, since the accordion does use air
> >> to vibrate things made of metal that might be magnetic. JFTR even
> >> the
> 
> 
> Still being sold for this purpose:
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Schaller-instruments-723-10-84/dp/B004YD67AQ

and still ok for this purpose, but we were talking about guitars
and coils and not about piezos for other instruments. At what position
should be a piezo be useful, when using it for a _solid body_ guitar?