Quick Piezo Question

[greenwizard]

Okay I know this is gonna sound stupid so prepare yourselves...
What does the "Mix" screw on the Piezo preamp on a JP do exactly. I'm hesitant to mess with it without knowing what it does and my little wiring diagram isn't helping. I'm having problems with my piezo sound being waaaay to quiet so im hoping this'll help. Thanks guys.

 

[jongitarz]

Turn the mix clockwise, and match the piezo output with the magnetic output.

 

[greenwizard]

thanks a bunch jon

 

[jongitarz]

No Problem Mr Wizard. A good place to start with the piezo settings is to turn all 3 to about 80% of the travel...Turn all of them to full on, and back off about 20% on all of them, then fine tune to your tastes.

 

[Spudmurphy]

I put a small blob of tipex on mine before I altered the factory settings - that way I could revert back to the "default" settings at any time.

 

[Larry]

Spud I thought I was the one here who did the in case I screw everything up marks. It feels good not to be alone

 

[Bruce]

Greenwizard,
That was a great question indeed! Helped me as well!

 

[greenwizard]

Thanks for the bump Bruce. I actually have another piezo question (funnily enough).
I turned the mix screw all the way to its loudest and I still have the following problem. When I plug in and play the piezo volume is great. Slowly it deteriorates though and if i switch to piezo/mag or magnetic pickups it just dies away. If I unplug and plug in again its still inaudible unless I give it a while to "warmup" again (about thirty minutes or so but im not sure about this).
Has anyone else had a similar problem or know of a possible solution?

 

[Roxy]

How fresh is the battery?

 

[Spudmurphy]

Have you changed the battery! ( or batter batty as shown on the packaging of a model car I have - something got mixed up in the translation!!! )

 

[greenwizard]

I just changed it....twice. Hold on I'll go change it again.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Stick yer tongue on the + and - and see if it's charged up.

 

[greenwizard]

Just stuck in a fresh new battery and.....
same problem =(. It took longer to die though...

 

[greenwizard]

This is what is called a shameless bump....
Any suggestions?

 

[Spudmurphy]

aim the Question at jongitarz - He has to know - sounds like some kinda short to me.

 

[Larry]

Does it die super quick? If not remember to unplug the guitar? Thats all I got