Piezo: Which Tom Saddles Are Better?

[kitsch]

I want to put a transducer pick up system on a custom les paul type of guitar, but I'm not sure if it's going to be a Ghost Tonepros TOM, a Ghost Schaller TOM or RMC saddles on a tonepros.

Thoughts?? What would you recommend?

I've heard that RMC are supposed to sound better than Ghost, but they're only available in gold finish, and they would look terrible on the guitar..

Thanks

Edo

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Edited November 23, 2006 by kitsch

[Sambo]

I tried a schecter with rmc saddles and just went.... hummmm... whatever.

All my guitars have piezo's. Of the ones i've used the ghost is the best sounding (with the preamp!) but also the most expensive. I am working on reverse engineering the ghost preamp cous i do think its a bit of a rip off. but hey.

The LRbaggs and fishman ones are worth a look, but you can only by em as a whole bridge. which is a pain.

S

[kitsch]

I tried a schecter with rmc saddles and just went.... hummmm... whatever.

All my guitars have piezo's. Of the ones i've used the ghost is the best sounding (with the preamp!) but also the most expensive. I am working on reverse engineering the ghost preamp cous i do think its a bit of a rip off. but hey.

The LRbaggs and fishman ones are worth a look, but you can only by em as a whole bridge. which is a pain.

S

Thanx, i might go for the ghost anyways. So the next question is: which TOM is better between tonepros and schaller roller?

[Sambo]

I just had a look on the RMC website and nearly fainted at their prices! Riiiiiiiip off....

I think your question should be which bridge can i get saddles for. Bear in mind you probably won't be able to get them for the schaller roller bridge. As long as the bridge is standard nashville sized you can get saddles to fit.

I think tonepros ones are ok, as are gotoh's bridges.

Someone posted a thing about tonepros bridges being gotoh bridges with set screws anyway. so might be cheaper to get one of those?

S

[kitsch]

I just had a look on the RMC website and nearly fainted at their prices! Riiiiiiiip off....

I think your question should be which bridge can i get saddles for. Bear in mind you probably won't be able to get them for the schaller roller bridge. As long as the bridge is standard nashville sized you can get saddles to fit.

I think tonepros ones are ok, as are gotoh's bridges.

Someone posted a thing about tonepros bridges being gotoh bridges with set screws anyway. so might be cheaper to get one of those?

S

See, the thing is that I was going to buy a tom from graphtech, they already come with the ghost saddles, and there are both the tonepros nashville type and the schaller roller (on which the saddles dont move sideways, but it's still available as an option). So my question should have probably been: which tom performs best between the nashville tonepros and the schaller roller?

[Sambo]

*shrugs*

Cheapest?

hee hee

S

[kitsch]

*shrugs*

Cheapest?

hee hee

S

...and if they cost the same?