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Post by leedscitystompers on Aug 17, 2020 18:50:27 GMT
Hello,
Bit of a long-shot but has anybody got an NRP hotplate they don't want?
For one of my acts I need to use a resonator with an electric amp and am finding the lack of volume / tone control an issue.
I just have a pickup blue-tacked on now that goes straight to jack and then the amp.
I need to vary how much the amp drives or distorts within a song while playing foot-drums so the controls to turn the guitar up can't be a boost pedal on the floor. Hence the need for something on the guitar.
Any other solutions you've seen rigged up that are non-permanent? I was wondering about using the pickup and then having something made that attached to the tailpiece with controls that could easily be taken off if needed but don't really know how or where to go. This forum always flags up great info or suggestions.
It's on a 1930s Trojan so I won't drill the body for tone and volume controls and scar it.
Asking here as with shipping / import its near £500 for a new hotplate and thats far too much money for what it is especially during these times.
Cheers all.
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Post by twang1 on Aug 17, 2020 20:04:39 GMT
Hi, hotplates for certain uses are very useful but...expensive, I know! That's why I built my own "hotplate": I bought a NRP coverplate, cut it up and inserted a flat Lace pickup. I don't have controls but it wouldn't be very difficult to add them. I saved a lot and I'm happy... You can see it here:
Frank
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Post by pete1951 on Aug 17, 2020 21:15:22 GMT
They are (relatively)easy to make. But the height is critical,(so the strings go between the handrest and cover at the correct level) and there seem to be several different ones. Care has to be taken to put the jack socket in a place where the tip of the jack does not hit the cone. On a Trojan (which I think has a wooden well) moving the screw holes would not be such a problem as on a steel or brass body, though making extra holes in a vintage instrument is not great. On a brass plate , the cables can also be soldered to the underside. Pete
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Post by resotonic on Aug 18, 2020 0:07:34 GMT
RapcoHorizon makes a guitar v-cable with a volume control at the guitars output jack; similar to the v-cable Taylor guitars discontinued a few years ago. Might be a less expensive alternative to the hot plate.
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Post by bluesdude on Aug 18, 2020 8:29:52 GMT
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Aug 18, 2020 9:02:42 GMT
Might as well buy a MM or Sixtus pickup - they're European and have a good reputation.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Aug 18, 2020 9:13:42 GMT
Why not try a Lavalier mic. clipped to the guitar between the tailpiece and the bridge?
The late Washboard Chris suggested this a while ago and I find they work well especially if I put it through a Behringer ADI21.
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Post by leedscitystompers on Aug 19, 2020 10:13:47 GMT
Hi all,
Lots of good ideas here I had considered making my own and perhaps thats the way as it looks unlikely one will come forward.
Thanks everyone so far. The USA thing with the little box for vol & tone could work.
Cheers for now,
Martyn
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Post by slidefever on Aug 21, 2020 13:14:47 GMT
Having had a Hotplate fitted to most my single cone Nationals over the years, l would have to say l don’t think they work with an electric amp. The volume and tone controls make little difference too. I now use an MM Sixtus pickup in my MMB36 wood body, having got over my NRP addiction. The pickup can be fitted as a temporary measure and sounds great (fantastic even) both clean and dirty. I’m sure there is a little tone a volume box that could be fitted temporarily to the guitar. The whole set up would probably be under £100. Or pay Thomann £418 for a shiny hotplate which would look good but come up short in the tone department. Here’s a clip l did for someone else.
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MB
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Post by MB on Sept 5, 2020 15:06:39 GMT
I have a hotplate on my vintage National Duolian but I am not using it much and could sell it separately. PM sent.
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