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I've just  fitted a piezo pick up and pre amp to my Yamaha guitalele.I'm very  pleased with the result .
I chose a ukulele pickup kit from Joyo which cost about 25 pounds.,the kit came complete with pre amp module ,a piezo bridge pickup and a jack socket/battery box.
To fit it I had to cut two holes in the body and deepen the bridge slot to accept the piezo..However the bridge was a little high and  a bit  wobbly as not enough was seated in the slot once the pixel was in place but I was able to rectify this by using a piece of  3/32 "  silver steel bar in place of the original plastic bridge piece.
The kit was intended for a uke so the original 4 string piezo pick up was replaced by a guitar one .
The only down side is due to the kit being designed for a uke the tuner will only recognise  the 4 high strings,but the sound quality is  much better than my previous attempts at electrifying this instrument  with a piezo type contact mic
I'll try and get a little video done over the next few days to  show what a neat piece of kit this is . 

You know since I came back to live in the UK the biggest problem has been finding  a good drummer to play with .Currently I've  had  about.  four the new band I'm with  "Growing old disgracefully"  have had similar problems ,it makes me think of the film spinal tap when the drummers exploded  .Maybe the new one we have lined up will be a stayer.lol 

Well here I am lying in the sunny canary islands with instructions from one of my current band mates to write a song so this is what I've come up with so far  Sue Davey hope it suits your voice.
I see this as a bit of a country rocker ,let me know your thoughts.
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Lying by the pool,looking kinda cool,
Soaking up the suns golden rays.
I don't need a fuss,I'm not in a rush,
Maybe some cute will come my way.
Chorus
B.                              A.           E
So just give me another Coca-Cola,
B.                         A.                    E
While your at it add a shot of rum.
B.                        A.                 E
Just give me another coca cola
B.                            A.                      E
My holiday from heart ache has begun

I'm wearing rayban specs as part of my disguise,
The darkness hides the teardrops in my eyes.
I'm pretty sure that you would maybe see right through,
And then I would just have to hypnotize.........you.

Chorus

Shaded by a palm ,makes me feel so calm,
All those nasty feelings go away.
Another glass of wine,then I'm feeling fine,
Hope that I can find a way to stay.
Chorus.

I  don't   normally  like  to  post any  of  my  political ramblings  on here  but  as  its  fast  approaching the  time  of  year  when everybody is  kind  (or  professes  to  be}and  as  the  current  British  government   are just  a  shower  of  charlatans ,here's a song  for   xmas .If  any  one  wants  the  words and  music   just  ask  and  I'll  post them .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MHSkvnQW2g

Hi guys firstly apologies for not having posted in a while ,lots of things getting in the way .Anyway yesterday I spotted an old  Hohner Strat in a junkshop so I had a look and much to my surprise it was a 1970s Japanese model round about when the law suits were going on .So I paid the 30 pound asking price took it home cleaned and re strung it and it plays and sounds amazing  every bit as good as my genuine tele and better than my other 2 modern strats I know many suppliers jumped on the Japanese strat waggon during this time period labelling these guitars as there own . I can't date it precisely as their are no visible serial numbers but I've found a few vids on YouTube demonstrating the same guitar and an eBay search revealed an asking price of up to 400 pounds so I'm very pleased.
You tube vid for reference mine is white but otherwise the same.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5fB9s5LMp64&t=8s