Re: Contact Mic

[Bret <echoplex@yahoo.com>]

Contact mics are typically piezo elements.  See 
http://harmonycentral.com/Guitar/piezo-pickups.txt 
to learn how to make one, and  
http://www.oz.net/~walterh/basspre1.htm
or
http://www.ru.ac.za/departments/iwr/staff/daf/guitar/piezo.html

for articles on how to make a preamp for a piezo
pickup.
You can also learn more by searching for patents on
piezoelectric instrument at:
http://www.patents.ibm.com/
such as
http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05155285__
patent by fishman.
bret

--- Jenni Leeds <jennil@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Hello there.
>     Contact mics seem to be really cool things to
> have around the house.
>     My question. Does anybody out there know how to
> make a decent contact
> mic. Searching on the net has come to a dead end.
> There aren't even any good
> explanations as to what a contact microphone is.


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