Thinking about changing my Dean Stylist

[mr sprocket]

My stylist sounds alright stock but I am thinking of changing thinkgs up a little. Washburn made a version of thier hollow body bass with piezo pups, a blender and active electronics added. So here are some questions

I was wondering if anyone makes pieze for a bass bridge that can been added?
Any recommendations on a soapbar type of pickup?
I would also need a premap with a blender.

One issue is the Dean come stock with one selector, one volume, and one tone, so I have have three holes to work with. I am trying to do little body work.

[luknfur]

Originally Posted by mr sprocket

My stylist sounds alright stock but I am thinking of changing thinkgs up a little. Washburn made a version of thier hollow body bass with piezo pups, a blender and active electronics added. So here are some questions

I was wondering if anyone makes pieze for a bass bridge that can been added?
Any recommendations on a soapbar type of pickup?
I would also need a premap with a blender.

One issue is the Dean come stock with one selector, one volume, and one tone, so I have have three holes to work with. I am trying to do little body work.

FWIW:

to my knowledge lots of piezo's just fit under the bridge. You'll probably need a buffer to go with it. Audere would probably be a worthwhile contact. By blender I'm guessing you mean a blend control which will leave 2 holes to work with. I'm not aware of any pre that can't be wired with a blend - short have having one two-lead pup.

Hollow-body's are usually a nightmare to get to the controls unless there's an entire control plate that lifts off.

A search on the piezo would probably be worthwhile. Otherwise there’s a bass mod link in the first paragraph of this thread that may be useful


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[mr sprocket]

LR Bagbs makes the T-Bridge with individual piezos in each saddle of the bridge. I was hoping to find something like this for bass.

http://www.stewmac.com/cgi-bin/hazel...talog/sku.html

LR Baggs and John East have pre-amps that can match piezo and magnetic pups I believe. The blend would be between the magnetic and piezo pups.

Right now access would be through the pickup holes. If it gets too compicated I may find a local luthier to help.

[luknfur]

Originally Posted by mr sprocket

LR Bagbs makes the T-Bridge with individual piezos in each saddle of the bridge. I was hoping to find something like this for bass.

http://www.stewmac.com/cgi-bin/hazel...talog/sku.html

LR Baggs and John East have pre-amps that can match piezo and magnetic pups I believe. The blend would be between the magnetic and piezo pups.

Right now access would be through the pickup holes. If it gets too compicated I may find a local luthier to help.

What little I've messed with piezo's is in that thread. I've got piezo's in a Lightwave bass but it's nothing I had anything to do with. I've ran across info on them without looking for the most part. There are bass bridges with built-in piezo's. I've seen them on ebay among other places but it's not something I've paid attention to to provide any direction.

Rick Turner uses SD d-tars and seems he recommended against mixing piezo's and mags - keeping them seperate. There are quite a few TB peizo threads and a somewhat heated debate between Rick and another dude in one of them. Rick knows piezo's.