How I Built a Custom Vibraphone Pickup System for Under $100

[@shredvansshredquarters]

This is undeniably the best video for vibe pickups. SINCERELY...Thank yo sir!!

[@thetempleofsound]

Thank you for this inspirational lesson. Very generous to share all that. I have been dreaming of doing something like this to one of my vibes for decades but never did. I would like to try something like this. I'm surprised the vibrato comes through so well on a peizo pickup connected right on the bar. Could you share some info on this? If one did not use the resonators would the pickups alone sound thinner? As in it seems they are picking up a lot of the resonator sound here? Or is that a tremolo effect added? Thanks for sharing!

[@lijevarukatame2150]

Wow! Great information, really precious! I'm in a process of making travel vibes, something like deagan electravibes, out of 1605 Yamaha bars! thank you very much for sharing the proces in such a detail! Fantastic and inspirational player you are!

[@VibraphonicMusic]

🙏🙏awesome thanks, all best!

[@GriffithPercussion]

This is incredible, wow!

[@EricMartinPercussion]

Wow, lots of great info here. Thank you!

[@VibraphonicMusic]

🙏 Glad it was helpful!

[@kevinraymusic]

Thanks for this amazing info! Can you share what piezo pickups you ended up using?

[@VibraphonicMusic]

Hi sure, 15mm unwired worked best, bought on Amazon. I soldered the cable onto the piezo myself, using good flexible audio wire.

[@pascaldeshayes5459]

Thanks for sharing your inspiring project! Noob question: why not (more) simply connect the piezos to a single cable running under the bars? Skipping the mini-jack system altogether would save a lot of precious setup time, or am I missing something?

[@VibraphonicMusic]

Ok so, imagine you get to a gig and on one bar, the pickup is f**cked… you need to swap that out right away, no time for a soldering iron. That's why you need the mini-jack. 🙂

[@pascaldeshayes5459]

@@VibraphonicMusic Oh, I get it, thanks. So, do you always carry spare pre-wired piezos and super glue with you on gigs?

[@VibraphonicMusic]

absolutely! leaving bars & pickups on the instrument improves reliability, but pickups go bad sometimes just from use.. cheers.

[@ramonkey2939]

Nice!!!

[@michaelorton9887]

Turned out amazing