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  • Piezo spike suppression with leds

    Ok so this may belong in the pickup lounge
    but here is the question

    Back some time ago. Joe gore had an article About spike suppression in a guitar cable using two polarity opposed red LEDs
    Mounted in a guitar cable
    between the signal and ground

    ​​​​​​I can't find the article
    But I was thinking this could do some of the compression on my piezo bridge that seems to be a bit spikey

    Does anyone remember this
    Does anyone have any thoughts on this

    It's the Kiash piezo bridge from Amazon
    It's about $25
    EHD
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  • #2
    Id be interested to read it if you find the article. I have an RMC piezo system in a Brian Moore guitar, and it is super spikey. I've always had to use compression to make it usable.
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    • #3
      Dang Mincer you ARE a vampire
      get some sleep
      EHD
      Just here surfing Guitar Pron
      RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
      SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
      Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
      Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
      Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
      Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
      GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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      • #4
        I use that physically on the inputs to my interfaces. If you install it correctly (assuming you put it on a cable) you won't be able to A/B it with a stock cable run into an amplifier. The LED's serve to clip the signal transients to levels that won't mess with digital interfaces.
        You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
        Whilst you can only wonder why

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        • #5
          I was planning to mount them on the volume pot ot output jack
          EHD
          Just here surfing Guitar Pron
          RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
          SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
          Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
          Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
          Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
          Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
          GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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          • #6
            Are your piezos passive or active?

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            • #7
              Passive TOM style bridge on my Ehdwuld guitars
              EHD
              Just here surfing Guitar Pron
              RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
              SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
              Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
              Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
              Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
              Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
              GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)

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              • #8
                The ones I use are active, so this might not work.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Mincer View Post
                  The ones I use are active, so this might not work.
                  It should still work as clipping is a function of amplitude. It will work with any instrument level signal
                  You will never understand How it feels to live your life With no meaning or control And with nowhere left to go You are amazed that they exist And they burn so bright
                  Whilst you can only wonder why

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                  • #10
                    How are these LEDS wired in a circuit? Do they just get soldered between the hot and ground wires?

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