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11-12-2012, 11:10 PM
| | | | What basses have piezo bridges as an option?
I'm just idly curious. I know MusicMan has them available, as does ESH. Searching through both the forums and google kept getting me bridges alone.
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11-12-2012, 11:12 PM
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11-12-2012, 11:18 PM
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Independent Contractor to Bass San Diego | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | Yamaha TRB5P-II has a piezo bridge.
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11-12-2012, 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobobob Carvin. | Yes, indeed. My fretless Bromberg 5 has the GraphTech Ghost system installed, and let me tell you, for that particular instrument it is a thing of wonder. Combined with the output of the magnetic pickups, it provides a range of tones & timbres that are most musical - and most impressive. I love it! 
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11-12-2012, 11:37 PM
|  | Walter Woods or Aguilar to LDS - the best! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NE Ohio | | | ZON basses can be had with an RMCs system that utilizes a Polyfusion preamp, IIRC.
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11-12-2012, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobobob Carvin. | I just looked through the build-a-bass thing for Carvin's B40 and SB4000. Are the piezos only available for certain lines?
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11-12-2012, 11:38 PM
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11-12-2012, 11:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Away in India | | | Spector Artcores have them. More for an acoustic type sound, I guess.
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11-12-2012, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Hobobob Bromberg, Icon, LB, XB, Brunel. | I see, thanks!
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11-13-2012, 06:54 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: suburban Chicago | | | The Godin A4 has a piezo bridge and it can be had with a magnetic pickup too as an option. Kinda the converse of what you asked about!
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11-13-2012, 06:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: CT | | | Rob Kelly does them and many of the custom builders will install them too. I know Tom Clement has done a bunch.
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11-13-2012, 07:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: West of Stumptown, USA | | | Hipshot makes a piezo version of their "A" bridge. I have two basses with As on 'em already and it's hard not to think about a swap and re-wire. |
11-13-2012, 07:33 AM
| | Walter Woods or Aguilar to LDS - the best! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NE Ohio | | | Rick Turner uses the Hipshot with piezos (his own, I presume) on his Electroline series.
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11-13-2012, 08:23 AM
| | | | I'm not sure if it's in the bridge, but I know you can get a EBMM Stingray with a piezo.
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11-13-2012, 08:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | The Spectorcore bass is one of the best sounding piezo/humbucker basses I've played and they're relatively inexpensive used (frequently under $500). I didn't like the fretless version but loved the fretted 5 string. |
11-13-2012, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Munjibunga Yamaha TRB5P-II has a piezo bridge. | +1
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11-13-2012, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: England, United Kingdom | | | Musicman offer piezos on several models ( I think only on single pick up versions of the Stingray, Stingray 5). Piezo's in the bridge saddles.
The Bongo 4 and 5 can be had with them in various pick up patterns - I have a 5HHp and the piezo adds a great alternative sound. As it's mixable with the magnetic pick ups it's very versatile - basically zero to full.
I also heard a Stingray fretless demo'd by a pro artist - from an audience point of view it added a nice amount of string sound to the sound so sounded a bot more acoustic. Once again, it's a mixable sound on the Ray via an extra pot.
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11-13-2012, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Immigrant Hipshot makes a piezo version of their "A" bridge. I have two basses with As on 'em already and it's hard not to think about a swap and re-wire. | You will have to do some additional routing for the piezo wires that run from each saddle.
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11-13-2012, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tjclem You will have to do some additional routing for the piezo wires that run from each saddle. | Of course! Sorry I failed to provide that in my earlier post, but I also would be leaving installation up to a pro. I'm afraid of this bass. I nearly had a panic attack during the first string swap. When I replaced the existing Audere with a different Audere, I suddenly questioned the capability of the repair guy I've taken basses to for years.
I still do setups (rarely needed) and string replacements, re-glued the nut once... But I'm scared to do anything beyond that to this bass.
Polar opposite feelings than you've experienced, huh?  (I've seen your work- nice!) |
11-13-2012, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by GBassNorth The Spectorcore bass is one of the best sounding piezo/humbucker basses I've played and they're relatively inexpensive used (frequently under $500). I didn't like the fretless version but loved the fretted 5 string. | Wow, that bass looks really cool! Is it like, say, an ES-335 with a center block and hollow wings?
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