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(a)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?