Where does the piezo come in handy?

[shamus63]

Pizza?

 

[AnthonyD]

Pie - Zoe

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

My piezo experience thusfar has mainly been on acoustic basses or on fretless basses and very few solid body basses. I'm no electronics wiz but don't they need to run through some sort of buffer when used in conjunction with magnetic pickups?

 

[MCBTunes]

hmmmm...... well i still dont really get it.... Bassmonks sound clips could sound like any ole pickup if you asked me . But then again.... I dont know crap all.

I can understand cleaner brighter tone.....

But doesnt the bongo get very bright without the piezo?

 

[Freddy-G.]

The piezo sound of my fretless Sterling is pretty laid back compared to the magnetic pickup. A thumpy attack with fewer mids. As I turn the blend more to the magnetic pickup, the sound begins to come out with more mids and detail. But, I like the piezo because it's another sound to chose from.

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

since it's an italian word (isn't it?), we should ask bassbara!

 

[Psycho Ward]

Here’s an interesting fact about piezo technology, it only works on right handed instruments.


But I’m not sure if that is true in the southern hemisphere.

 

[francric]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?piezoe01.wav=piezoelectric

pee-ay-zo

That's the way I say it and I have heard it pronounced...........

 

[adouglas]

But I’m not sure if that is true in the southern hemisphere.

Wouldn't it be pronounced "oz-ya-eep" down there?

 

[Bassosaurus]

hmmmm...... well i still dont really get it.... Bassmonks sound clips could sound like any ole pickup if you asked me . But then again.... I dont know crap all.

I can understand cleaner brighter tone.....

But doesnt the bongo get very bright without the piezo?

There is a fuzzy quality going on in the high end of all piezo signals - i can pick it out in a heartbeat.

On acoustic guitars I find this utterly nauseating and am baffled that people record them like that instead of putting a good mike in front. nonetehless, it is a usable sound on the fretless bass (probably with some blending) and gets pretty close to an electric upright sound - which is cool.

Thanks a ton for posting that - my (someday soon) MM fretless will likely have that - otherwise I'd skipped it for sure.

 

[jongitarz]

The correct pronunciation is pee ay zoh Look it up.

 

[adouglas]

The correct pronunciation is pee ay zoh Look it up.

Uhhh, yeah. Look down the page about ten posts and click on the link. It's from the Merriam-Webster dictionary site.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?piezoe01.wav=piezoelectric

pee-ay-zo

 

[Big Poppa]

Toe-mot-toe

 

[Bowks]

The correct pronunciation is pee ay zoh Look it up.

I thought it ws Pie Jesu.

 

[Lazybite]

Wouldn't it be pronounced "oz-ya-eep" down there?

No it would be pronounced as if the 'P' wasn't there australians pronounce 'P's silently except in cases where there is a 'P' followed by a 'H'. So it would be pronounced Eezow here

 

[Steve Dude Barr]

Thank you all for clearing that up for me.