Scott Rosenberger Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 Anyone know where to get a Wilkinson Piezo Trem? I know they make one but I cant find them online anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I thought you had to buy the trem and the piezo saddles separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I found this link for the GraphTech Ghost system. Search down for "Saddle Pickups Wilkinson VS-100" on that page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedy McFeely Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 i think guitarelectronics.com has them here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 I think Carvin has them; you might be able to convince them to sell you one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Both guitarelectronic.com and carvin sell the wilkinson bridges by themselves (GE seems cheaper) but neither of these seem to have the piezo saddles... or at least there is nothing on those webpages stating that they're so equiped... and if they are, those prices are insanely low!!! I still think you'd have to get them separately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 the imported parkers have em maybe you can find one of thoose cheap and strip em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 the imported parkers have em maybe you can find one of thoose cheap and strip em imported parkers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted December 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Thanks Guys! I've decided to go with the Graphtec Ghost system and preamp. I'm gonna buy the saddles and find a Wilkinson Trem on ebay since I just sold my brand new one in the classifieds section here a few weeks ago because I didn't know about the Graphtec Saddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 Imported Parkers: Checked em out before buying my nitefly. Not bad but not my Nitefly either. Imported Parker #2 Wonder with the wiring/bridge etc if its worth it for you scott. A used one should be cheap though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 Imported Parkers: Checked em out before buying my nitefly. Not bad but not my Nitefly either. Imported Parker #2 Wonder with the wiring/bridge etc if its worth it for you scott. A used one should be cheap though. cool, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 u know you can buy piezo material and make your own right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 you can? please explain ansil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 in a nut shell if you want a simple piezo bridge you can do the orignial ovation way and have a thin strip under the bridge piece. u can by piezo from the manufactuors. there is a link somewhere on this forum, i found it in a nother thread. but you can also just use the little piezo disks found in the buzzers at radioshack. they have two wires one hot one neg of course you need a little preamp for it, but heck thats one jfet, a couple caps and a couple of resistors. all on a piece of perfboard around the size of a quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren wilson Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 You can get the Fishman Powerbridge in Wilkinson form, ready to drop in: http://fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 cool, thanks. also, is it just me, or do you (ansil) specialise in guitar electronics or something? also, perhaps a piezo making tutorial is in order..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 thanks maybe i should do this, i did my lespaul copy for a friend of mine years ago and ever since then i have been doing miscelanious electronic mods as far as me being well versed in electronics, its my gift. i used to do repairs wheni was a kid for all the local guiatrist in my schools i would make something like a couple hundred a month when i was like 15 or so and i have been doing electronic repairs and mods, for 21 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 wow! thats some amount of money for a 15 year old! and it certainly seems to be your gift! are all your guitars wired in werid and wonderful ways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ansil Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 wow! thats some amount of money for a 15 year old! and it certainly seems to be your gift! are all your guitars wired in werid and wonderful ways? well lets see, when i was 15 and 16 i had a bunch of junker guitars so i expiramented with allsorts of things. the speaker behind the pickup sustainor/feedbacker thing preamps galore. changing pickups and whacky wiring all the time combingnig single coil that was super hot with a humbucker in parrallel for a seriously fat sound. that was the secret switch in the yamaha. one guitar [although this was later] had small relays in it for touch system so i could just touch a little pad and the pickups changed. the other two favorites was my old cheap ibanez. that i shielded and ran out all the picup wires from it to a board that used logic and dip switches to change my fx and my pickup settings. single coils shimmerign with chorus, and light delay, slit neck and middle pos for a killer hendrix type sound with a fface, and my marshal q box then i had my 12bosition wiring , that i shared with the forum althoug at the guitar it was in a nightmare to rewire[super small control cavity] it was well worth it. especially the neck middle bridge single coils all on posistion sounds so much like an acoustic. quite a few others. but basically now i have one test guitar that is waiting on a bridge, froma friedn from a different forum. and its just a coil tapped humbucker in the bridge. the yngwie clone, that i am still trying to get back togehter [someone anted me to shave the back of the neck heel down some more and then they promised to buy it and never sent me a check arghhh] so i got to put it back together. but its just some hot singles in ti. maybe i will split the x2n again in the bridge and neck posistions and the one i am trying to get radiused and fretted is going to have a three way switch in it to select the neck or bridge and the neck and bridge ala petruci style with a push pull selector in it to give full hums in the middle and a push pull in the tone, for a dual blend. and a regular tone. or just a six way rotary or custom pot for a six way tone blend knob so in a short answer yes they are lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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