Are there any "high-gain" piezo pickups out there??

[Zerberus]

I was just playing my Acoustic distorted over my amp, and it sounded absolutely collossal.

The only thing that bothered me: Not enough gain, internal preamp was already dimed, and a boost pedal would likely also boost noise into unusable levels, as well as compromising the clean tone a bit...

Currently it has the stock Charvel piezo under the saddle (Think "Typical MId-range Import").... are there "louder" ones from say Fishman or Baggs? or are they all generally the same?

I think I could actually start using these things as my main live axes... IF I can get more loud without more noise

 

[Artie]

Re: Are there any "high-gain" piezo pickups out there??

Interesting question. I wonder if two piezo's, in series or parallel would accomplish this. Can you even connect piezo's that way?

Artie

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Are there any "high-gain" piezo pickups out there??

Fishman's Powerchip preamp has quite a punch, enough to clip my Bassman, in fact.

How about an 18v mod to your axe? Would that increase the output of your system?

 

[Zerberus]

Re: Are there any "high-gain" piezo pickups out there??

Probably not, it would likely only increase headroom, or possibly fry the preamp....

Interesting question. I wonder if two piezo's, in series or parallel would accomplish this. Can you even connect piezo's that way?

Artie

Hmmm.... 2 piezos in series would theoretically work to double the output, but I fear phase cancellation issues... but I think I may even have a second one lying aroud somewhere from an old axe....

HMMMM....

Any other ideas?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Are there any "high-gain" piezo pickups out there??

Do you have a gain trimpot inside the preamp? My Fishman and Shadow pre's do. They are on the circuit board. If it does, maxing it out might give you a few more db's. :burnout: