![]() Those usually will work too, and if you happen to have one lying around, it can bring the price of this project down to even less than 2$! All we need to do now is provide a way to hook it up to your computer (or other sound device like a guitar amp or whatever).īy the way, you may have seen something that looks just like that in some other place, like a musical greeting card or a small toy that has sound effects built into it. ![]() That, ladies and gentlemen, is the piezo element. When you have that out, you can carefully scrape off any excess glue around the outer edge with a knife. It isn't *super* fragile, but try to avoid bending it too much or denting the crap out of it. Ok, now it is time to get destructive! LOL Use a pair of pliers and carefully break away the plastic until the metal disk comes loose. Cut the wires on it off, leaving them as long as you can. If you lift up the circuit board, you'll see a sort of metal disk thing. Sometimes there's a little screw, but this particular type is just snapped together and you can carefully pry the back off it with a screwdriver. Take it out of the package (might want to save the batteries, if you have anything like a laser pointer or something they'd fit) and take it apart. Both were bought at a dollar store and yup, cost 1$ each. One is a little mic and earphone for use with computer to do things like online audio chats, the other is a little door/window alarm. If you go to your local dollar store (or similar cheap place) you can probably find the items pictured. ![]() It isn't hard, and there's really only 2 pairs of wires to hook together.īut first off you need the parts. I usually have made my own any time I needed one.Īs stated in the topic, you can make your own for about 2$ (or maybe even less). My electric violin has one, of course, but that is the only one that I actually ever bought. But I think that we can beat the lowest price anyone is likely to find by making one. Piezo pickups for violin are fairly popular and they can be bought in many places. Hopefully that keeps everyone happy who has an interest in this topic. Ok, since some folks here occasionally comment on how long my posts are when talking about a technical matter, I am going to break this down into shorter posts to explain the steps.
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