How Do Piezo Pickups Work? | Too Afraid To Ask

Picking up good vibrations…

This video focuses on Piezo Pickups: What are they? How do they work? and what is the advantage of using one?

Join CSGuitars as we take a journey through the physics of the Piezoelectric effect; a strange phenomenon which allows us to squeeze electricity from crystals!
On the way we meet some other famous faces from the internet and talk to Ortega Guitars who have harnessed piezoelectricity to amplify their Nylon Stringed instruments.

This video was created at 42 Gear Street, an independent Youtube event hosted by Henning Pauly of HP42. If you want to see more content from the event search for #42GSONE