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Piezo pickups derive their name from piezoelectricity which is the charge of electricity induced in a crystalline substance by the application of pressure. Piezo is pronounced pi-eWzo, and is derived from the Greek word “piezein”, meaning “to press.” There are electrical charges evenly distributed and balanced on a crystal’s surfaces. When many crystals (e.g., table sugar) are pressed, (more…)

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>$987,500 for a guitar! This seems a little farfetched, yet is completely true with last year’s record sale of a custom-built guitar once played by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. What possesses someone to buy an instrument at such an exorbitant price, and how do you determine what the (more…)

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