GUITAR BOARD

I sold my CS NOS `57 and I`ve decided to buy myself a project strat,Im
going to start with a new USA natural ash strat a limited edition
apparently they only do a few naturals every now and then ,rw neck I`ve
had it in my hands plays like a dream
kinman woodstocks pups
shadow sh-250 piezo trem or
Fishman Powerbridge TSV + powerchip (a bit pricey)
sperzel locking tuners

if anyone has experience of the above bridges I`d love to hear what they
thought,I have a fishman in my parker nitefly and like it but the TSV is
bit too expensive at this moment.

oh and a second hand clapton strat, ugly grey metallic paint and lace
sensors,plays nice though,roller nut:-( doesnt need refretting or such
like .USA strat never raced or rallied one careful lady owner(I wish)
but cheap at 650eur
gr
BP01

BP01 wrote:



Hi,
I recently fitted a piezo bridge to my PRS cu24 - I used the graphtech ghost
system and ordered it direct from the states.
They were really helpful and it arrived vey quickly (and a lot cheaper than
buying it in the UK).
It was fairly easy to fit and through a pa or straight into the desk it
sound really good.
I know you asked about the shadow and fishman units, but Id consider the
graphtech version as well.
http://www.graphtech.com/ghost info.php

Cheers
John P.

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:10:51 -0700, ZPQ wrote
(in article ):


Ill second that, Ive used the Strat saddle Ghost system for a couple of
years. I think the material produces a nicer attack transient. Worth a look.
Bill Puplett has fitted a lot of them, you could give him a bell.

Adrian


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On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:51:14 -0700, Adrian Legg
wrote:


Hi Adrian,

I dont know where ZPQ is but it might be a good idea to send him
Bills number - theres many mentions of him on the net and no website
so hes kinda invisible. He does have the reputation of being the
hottest tecchie in the country though, amongst other things..:-)

Best,

Pete

In article ,
anything@contractorcom.com says...
I just had a look at it,seems to be very cool.check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez1oO-UCk88

I was impressed witht the sound,and what he says about other piezos
being poppy is right,if I play a little too hard on my nitefly it gets
tinny,even through a acoustic-xciter(having .009s doesnt help)Id like
to hear some more live before I buy,my local guitar emporium doesnt deal
with them , it looks like it needs to be tech installed to forcome any
expensive FUPS.I actually live in the Netherlands so Bill Puplett is
pretty much out of the scene.I have a pretty good tech here,he looks
after my other guitars.

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:54:36 -0700, anything@contractorcom.com wrote
(in article ):


I got a hit on page two of a Google for Bill Puplett Guitars



Indeed, and possibly busier than hed like to be. If he finds out hes in
Google he might change the number :-)

Yours,
Adrian

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:27:51 -0700, BP01 wrote
(in article ):


Its good to see him doing some active promo, its an undersung device.

In my experience hes right. I do find I still have to be careful at
2-2.5kHz, but its not as desperate an issue as it could be.
Id tend to avoid the Wilkinson version; not G.T.s fault at all, but
screwing that type of saddle down seems to restrict vibration in the entire
saddle and thus knocks an embedded piezo output back seriously.
Im also not too sure about some of the Tunomatic type bridges, where quite
often the saddle doesnt sit well anyway. But the Strat ones, not a twitch.




Hmm.... The BBE pedal made things worse by retarding the mids, and I assume
anything that attempts to scoop mids (which is a reasonable guess for
something with a name like that) is also going to accentuate 2-2.5kHz.
I think that once youre away from the acoustic box feedback problems its
worth having a look at a little lump around 400 Hz - which seems intuitively
a wrong thing to do, I know, but have a look.




Well, head on over to Ullapool :-)



It looks easy, but there are a couple of pitfalls and unless the manual has
been improved significantly in the last year or so, Id rather go with
someone who has experience.



From whence came Flip Scipio, theres plenty of talent there.

Adrian



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In article ,
clickcontactus@adrianlegg.com says...

From whence came Flip Scipio, theres plenty of talent there.

Adrian

we have more, Rikkers http://www.rikkersgitaarbouw.nl/
deGier http://www.degiergitaarbouw.nl/
zwier http://www.zwiergitaarbouw.nl/

all repair and make excellent quality instruments and not expensive for
1500-2000 eur you get a real custom shop quality
I take my guitars to Don Hofstee who also makes really high end
acoustics