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PIEZO...

Marc DLarosa

Marc DLarosa

May 29, 2017
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Sooooooooooooooooooooo... I'm a "Dude of few words." But, here's the deal...

I have an entire bass worth of parts here, after building a bunch of weirdo/misfits. Pretty much an entire bass. And parts to build a few others.

But, my idea with this Fender, lined jazz neck, is to build a bass with ONLY a PIEZO bridge.

Any suggestions on a bridge, and what to power it with for the most woody/transparent sound? I only want a volume and tone knob. Would actually prefer to "stack" it, in order to have only one hole in the body before I order it.

Thanks,
Marc

[edit] I already know that it's gonna be a P shaped body, with a Paisley finish. So I don't need suggestions there. ONLY on the guts.
 
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For comparison:

I have an acoustic bass guitar without electronics. I can use a clip-on piëzo transducer with it. To have Volume and Tone controls, I have bought a cheap equalizer pedal. (It needs 9V from outside. I have at least one power bank that can provide that.) By carrying both the equalizer and the power bank in my pockets (or equivalent, to be decided), I can control the volume of the bass. More important for an acoustic bass (so not yours): I can boost the bass sound and suppress hand sound.

I have had the equalizer for a few days, so I don't have much experience yet, but I do wish that I had thought of this back in 1981, when I replaced the strings with steel ones and bought a magnetic sound-hole pick-up to boost the lows that my stick-on acoustic pick-up couldn't provide.
Before buying the equalizer, I checked AliExpress for Volume&Tone controls. I preferred a €w0 active equalizer over €10 passive controls. YMMV.

I have purchased a related equalizer for use with an acoustic guitar.
 
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Chris Laarman said:
For comparison:

I have an acoustic bass guitar without electronics. I can use a clip-on piëzo transducer with it. To have Volume and Tone controls, I have bought a cheap equalizer pedal. (It needs 9V from outside. I have at least one power bank that can provide that.) By carrying both the equalizer and the power bank in my pockets (or equivalent, to be decided), I can control the volume of the bass. More important for an acoustic bass (so not yours): I can boost the bass sound and suppress hand sound.

I have had the equalizer for a few days, so I don't have much experience yet, but I do wish that I had thought of this back in 1981, when I replaced the strings with steel ones and bought a magnetic sound-hole pick-up to boost the lows that my stick-on acoustic pick-up couldn't provide.
Before buying the equalizer, I checked AliExpress for Volume&Tone controls. I preferred a €w0 active equalizer over €10 passive controls. YMMV.

I have purchased a related equalizer for use with an acoustic guitar.
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Great suggestion. And... thank you. Although... I want it IN my bass. I build weird stuff. LOL
 
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Matt Liebenau said:
GraphTech makes pretty good peizo saddles for several existing bridges. Their preamps work and sound pretty good to. I have a couple of guitars with GraphTech systems including one with the full on Roland driver set up.

GHOST Pickups - Modular Pickup System | Graph Tech Guitar Labs
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Hey Matt, thanks. This is the exact system that I've been contemplating. Although, since I'm having a body made, I can use ANY type of aftermarket saddles/bridges. I created this thread in order to see what others may be available, and what the experience has been with them.

But, Yeah... I think I'm just gonna go with The Ghost.

Thanks again,
Peace.
Marc
 
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