How can I increase pickup output voltage?

Attila

It might be easier to buy one of these active circuits

http://www.axetec.co.uk/guitar_parts_uk_083.htm

Psean

Attila Barath wrote: It might be easier to buy one of these active circuits

http://www.axetec.co.uk/guitar_parts_uk_083.htm

Nifty ?

Psean

I suppose you could use an LPB or SHO type boost in front too. No?

AlanRatcliffe

Attila Barath wrote: It might be easier to buy one of these active circuits

Psean wrote: I suppose you could use an LPB or SHO type boost in front too. No?

Both still designed to drive a guitar amp... Without an amp sim of some sort, it'd still sound like you're plugging straight into a hi-fi.

Psean

Alan Ratcliffe wrote:
Attila Barath wrote: It might be easier to buy one of these active circuits

Psean wrote: I suppose you could use an LPB or SHO type boost in front too. No?
Both still designed to drive a guitar amp... Without an amp sim of some sort, it'd still sound like you're plugging straight into a hi-fi.

Ah, so volume-wise yes, tone-wise no.

Psean

Brastep wrote: I recently built an el-cheapo solid-state amp from a kit as a fun project and to put a spare old 8" speaker to some use.

Just thinking about the amp sims and stuff; is it a guitar amp speaker, or a full-range speaker from a radio or something?

Attila

save time and money buy a g-tar amp 7-800 could buy you a cube or a vox solid state

Attila

IMO of course

Psean

Attila Barath wrote: save time and money buy a g-tar amp 7-800 could buy you a cube or a vox solid state

But you miss out on this bit:

Brastep wrote: ...as a fun project

IMO of course ?

Attila

The odds are seriously against Brastrap with this project, make some noise.... sure .....

dont expect much and you will bucket loads of it

Attila

IMO of course

Wildaker

Brastep—which kit is it? If we could have a look at the circuit it might help work out how to make it perform correctly.

Brastep

Hey Guys -- Many thanks for the responses and the useful links. I will follow them up soon.

Yes the odds are stacked against me, but its just a "fun project" and I'm a serial DIYaholic -- Homemade guitar, homemade effects pedals, etc etc.

To answer the last post, the kit is a "Smart Kit 1041-K01" and uses a TDA1515 IC as the core of the circuit.

I also realised after posting that the amp's 20W rating applies to output thru a 4 Ohm speaker, and since mine is 8 Ohm, I should not be surprised by the muted sound!