Resolectric build

[bramley]

I've been tinkering ( obsessively) with this thing for years, finally got the sound I wanted to hear- no piezo quack and a hint of metal body National.
It has a National Hotrod cone, SD neck pick up and home made cone pick up.

 

[straightblues]

Wow that sounds great. I am building one from a Danelectro. I hate the Piezo quack. What is your home made pickup and is it cone mounteed or bridge mounted?

 

[bramley]

Wow that sounds great. I am building one from a Danelectro. I hate the Piezo quack. What is your home made pickup and is it cone mounteed or bridge mounted?

Hi, thanks. I used a piezo disc screwed onto the top of the biscuit but you could use a K&K " BB" if you can't make one, they sound great. I run that through an original Sansamp to warm it up...

The secret sauce is a CB /ham radio dynamic capsule (often used in DIY harp mics) attached to the side wall of the sound well pointing down at the cone.
It sits right under the cover plate with a thin piece of foam rubber between the back of the mic and the coverplate. Feed back is OK for average level playing.
If you search "dynamic mic element " on ebay . The one I used mentions harp mics in the description.

The capsule and the SD share the stereo jack as the impedances match , the piezo is on an endpin jack, so you need a mixer or separate amps to use all three combined.

 

[straightblues]

Awesome, thanks for the info. My dad is an old harp player. I will have to raid his mic stash.

 

[bramley]

What ever you go with needs to be about 1/2 inch high max to fit . Heres the one I used.

MIC CAPSULE