Product: Radio Shack 273-091
Price Paid: US $4
Submitted
01/23/2004
at
07:12pm
by
Ralph Gonzalez
Features
:
Pickup features: piezoelectric transducer
Impedence or other specs: 3500 ohm
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: Teisco thinline hollowbody
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced:
Other pickups on guitar: Kent Armstrong humbucker
Artists using this pickup:
You musical style(s): rock
Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: very low output
Tone: trebly
Sonic evaluation: Like any piezo, picks up string noise and needs a lot of gain. But the sound is a refreshing alternative to magnetic pickups. Kind of bright and not too far from miked sound.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
Overall Rating
:
10
Comments: The 273-091 is a "piezoelectric speaker element". It is more delicate and larger-diameter than their "buzzers". It is probably a bit more sensitive.
Easy to use: just pry open the case and solder shielded wire to the two connectors. Better to avoid soldering directly to the element -- leave a little of the original wires in place. Here's some more notes:
http://pwp.ibl.bm/~rgonzale/guitar/teisco/piezo.html
