al heeley Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Piezo bridge I have this chambered Tele / thinline project underway, I'd like to investigate what would be involved in putting a piezo bridge in place so I can mix standard pickup output with a piezo pseudo-acoustic tone. Do I need a specially designed bridge? If so, where can i find one? Would it need a pre-amp to balance the output signals? Anyone with experience or advice on fitting a piezo system to an electric guitar? Many thanks! Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mikhailgtrski Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Reader's Digest version : LR Baggs makes a Strat replacement (X-Bridge) and a TOM (T-Bridge). Fishman also makes a Tele replacement bridge (VT model). Graphtech makes piezo-equipped replacement saddles for strat and TOM bridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 I like the Fishman system that's in my Parker Mojo Nitefly. LR Baggs is decent stuff, too. Don't knwo much about Graphtech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Enamel Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 I use a graphtech Ghost piezo system in my tele style guitar. It sounds great and was easy to install. The only downside is the wire from each saddle to the connector block is visible on the bridge plate. A small price to pay for great tone. I suppose I could have drilled holes under each saddle and fed the wires through them but... I didn't It has a quick switch for choosing mags, piezo or blend modes. Also a stereo output so you can sent the mag signal to one rig and the piezo signal to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted July 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Thanks for the replies, that sounds perfect, Tony. I see you can also just buy the saddles and use an existing bridge (my tele will have a strat-type hardtail), its just what I am looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Irizarry Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Link The link's returning an error! NOOO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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