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perfectly flat on the soundboard and to avoid minor
sound balance problems. This phenomenon must be
specific to the hollow bridge feet as we did not
encounter this problem in bridges with sold feet.
INSTALLATION NOTES: BANJO
Here we simply stick the pickup under the center
foot. The bridge is standing on the very tip of the
pickup only. Make sure to secure the cable well! The
banjo head is very resonant and will cause buzzing if
the cable is not secured perfectly.
SEMI ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITARS WITH
TUNE-O-MATIC BRIDGES (ES335 TYPE)
Even though it’s impossible to achieve a true
acoustic tone with this type of guitar (since there is a
solid wood block inside the center of the guitar
body), we believe that the Definity System is as
close as you can get. In our testing, we’ve found it
resembles an acoustic quality more closely than any
other acoustic pickup. We think that it sounds
especially nice for strumming and adds a nice sound
quality to the mix with the magnetic pickup.
To install the Definity, you must fabricate two hard
rubber pressure pieces that fill the entire area of the
pickups foil (see photo). These rubber pieces need to
be of slightly different height as the guitartop is also
slightly arched.
Stick the Definity under the bridge so that the front
end is approximately flush with the low e string.
Together, the two rubber pressure pieces should
approximately fill the area of the foil part of the
pickup. The piece on the low e string side needs to
be slightly higher due to the arched top. Hard rubber
can be cut and sanded. We also used electrical tape
to build up the individual blocks to the desired height
for fine adjustments.
Once in place, you have to fine-tune the two height
adjustment screws on each side of the bridge to get
the best tonal balance. This is the tricky part. The
height of the rubber blocks needs to be just right for
best tone plus proper string action height. You want
the bridge to almost entirely rest on the rubber but
then you have to raise the height adjustment screws
a tiny little bit (1/16 to 1/8 of a turn) so they do not
rattle and share the load with the rubber to a degree.
This takes some trial and error. Be prepared to work
on the height of the rubber blocks several times.
The most elegant and functional solution is to wire
the pickup to the guitar’s jack. A skilled guitar tech
can use the endpin jack of the Definity System to
replace the existing guitar output jack. Wire the
magnetic pickup to the tip terminal and the Definity
Pickup to the ring terminal. Use a stereo breakout-
cable and two channels in your amp or PA.