piezo pickups for electric guitars

[jake_xms3_punk]

has anyone tried those piezo bridges for electric guitars? what do they sound like? can you hook them up to your other pickups and switches?




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fishman-Power...14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[veryhungrycaterpilla]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

has anyone tried those piezo bridges for electric guitars? what do they sound like? can you hook them up to your other pickups and switches?




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fishman-Power...14&_trkparms=72:1688|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

Buy a Parker with a piezo and you will be quite pleased. Easy layout. Won't need to alter anything. Sounds like a piezo guitar, i.e. semi-acoustic.

 

[super rad stuff]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

Buy a Parker with a piezo and you will be quite pleased. Easy layout. Won't need to alter anything. Sounds like a piezo guitar, i.e. semi-acoustic.

dude, buy a parker????? that's like telling somebody to try a piezo?? that's like telling somebody to get a geo metro so they can race the nurburgring:smack: no offense or anything but i doubt most people would buy a parker just to try a piezo

 

[Fikealox]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

I haven't tried those Fishman pickups, but I've had a Graphtech Ghostbridge, which was pretty cool, and worth looking into. Apparently LR Baggs makes some good ones, too.

With at least the Fishman one, I believe you get a choice between using passive electronics and using their preamp, but the concensus seems to be that they sound horrible without the preamp. With the Ghostbridge, the preamp integrates seamlessly with existing passive electronics (and I believe with actives, too, but it's more work). The documentation on the various website (I'm most familiar with the Graphtech one) seems pretty exhaustive, too, so you should find all the answers you need there... or email them - they're very helpful.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

I have a Shadow piezo loaded tune o matic running into a Fishman Powerchip in my Epi Alleykat. It sounds acoustic enough live in a band mix through my SWR California Blonde, but it's too plasticky to pass muster for solo work.

 

[subanots]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

i really like the way they sound.

some people are anti-piezo, though

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

BTW, it does add some cool textures to your arsenal if you aren't solely interested in apeing acoustic tones. The piezos running into a dirty channel have a thin, ratty (in a good way) tone that can add depth and dimension to a mix when contrasted with another player's "Wall of Sound" tones. Clean, a touch of piezo mixed in with the neck pickup adds air and chime to jazzy comping. In situations like that, I use my magnetics and piezos almost like a woofer/tweeter set up. Get a big, round jazzy tone from the SM-1n and add in the detail and snap of the piezos. Similar effects can be done by mixing in the bridge magnetic pickup (Phat Cat in this case), but the effect is more pronounced when using the piezos into their own amp along with the magnetics running through a standard tube amp.

 

[jake_xms3_punk]

Re: piezo pickups for electric guitars

would it make any difference if its in a solid, semi, or hollowbody?