Fantastic Piezos

I loaded these on an MIM PowerHouse Strat along with the Acousti-Phonic Preamp. The pre-amp made wiring a snap, and these saddles sounds fantastic. I was recently setting up for church and sound checking both my new ghost-loaded Strat and my Taylor 814ce (with the older Fishman Prefix preamp). I’d finished my Taylor and picked up my Strat when my bassist walked in. He mentioned that he couldn’t tell the difference between the amplified sound of the Taylor and the piezos on the Strat. It is a bit weird to hear a great acoustic when playing an electric, but you can’t argue with the sound – they’re just great.

I’ll also note that I highly recommend adding a tone control to the Acousti-Phonic – there are directions included. They tend to sound a bit bright naturally, and the tone control really gives you the flexibility to roll off some of the highs if you want. I also recommend wiring your magnetics and piezos each with their own separate volume. It give you the flexibility to choose your neck pup and dial in some piezo to the mix and get a great Telecaster snap, or dial down the tone on the piezos and mix with position 2 of your mags to get a great mellow jazz sound.

My mags are EMG DG20’s, and along with these piezos and the Acousti-Phonic, I’ve got one of the most versatile guitars I can imagine - short of adding the MIDI Hexpander or getting a Variax.