One of my customers has a Tele with a Piezo and has modded it with a La Cabronita tone switching set-up. Here\u2019s his write-up of the process and a couple of pictures.
\nOver to you, Terry!<\/p>\n
Put this tele-thinline together about 12 years ago with a Fishman Piezo, StewMac body and Warmouth neck ( before import taxes became crippling).<\/p>\n
Never quite happy with the stereo jackplug solution to the mag\/piezo output so looked online for a solution. Found quite a few guys in same position, but no passive switching solution, only tricky preamp blender which looked fiddy to install.<\/p>\n
So I was interested by the La Cab switching solution as last year I had tried a 3 way passive switch between the pups, and it worked fine. The piezo needed its own pot because of the massive output signal, which meant I had to remove the tele tone pot. Then I discovered Gavin’s solution, and the pieces fell into place.<\/p>\n
Soldering is not too tough. Sharpen the iron to a point to get into the small places. Protect the guitar as though you’re doing a surgery job (no blood inside, please). Note the copper shielding on the inside cavities. Essential to cut down the hum, a little more audible on the super bright non-capped switch position.<\/p>\n
Had to open up the LH screw hole for the 3 way pup switch to slide in, but in fact with the control plate fitted this looks quite elegant.<\/p>\n
Sounds super icy and crisp in the UP position, especially through my Blues Deluxe. Pot Down gives the wah \/honk effect ( thanks Gavin). The piezo output is massive and super crisp so a 50 ohm pot is essential to tame the output when switching from piezo to mag. I run this through a Yamaha THR5 mini acoustic that gives some degree of control with huge dynamic range.<\/p>\n
So there you go..a poor man’s LaCab with a piezo option for about 15 quid ( excluding the postage, Gavin).<\/p>\n
Thanks<\/p>\n
Terry<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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