Hello all,
First time poster here. Long story short, I've only been playing the Uke for a little while now, although I've been a professional musician for 20 years (Im a drummer though, so not actually a musician, right?). Well, I recently decided that I would like to take on a solid body electric uke (concert) build with a buddy of mine, who happens to be pretty good at wood working. He's built himself a few beautiful exotic wood basses already(see photo above). Well, we've taken all measurements and are in the middle of deciding on wood types right now (I'm thinking bubinga with layers of birdseye with a neck-thru in a single cut away body shape) but, I really want to stick with nylon style strings so it's not just a mini guitar with weird tuning. I want as close to the traditional uke sound as I can.
With that being said, what are the best types of piezo bar under saddle pickups I can get. We're going with a passive setup and adding both volume and tone pots. Will this style of pickup still work with a solid body? It sems like the density will stifle the vibration too much. What say you?
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