Question

[CentralEmporium]

How difficult would it to be to add something like this to a squire pj? My understanding is that I have to add a preamp, how would I go about doing this?
Ghost Hipshot Bass Bridge A-Style PN-8370 | Graph Tech

 

[bholder]

Well you really want to use the GraphTech Ghost Acoustiphonic preamp with that - as expensive as the bridge itself but worth it imho. That's all you need, you plug the mag pickup(s) into the board and redo the output jack, and good to go.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

GraphTech’s saddles and preamps come with decent instructions. The instructions might be in their website. You will also need to find room for a battery. Depending on how much room is under the pickguard or in the control cavity the battery and preamp may require some routing. You’ll also need a way to get the cables (they’re small) from the bridge saddles to the controls. That could be as simple as enlarging the bridge ground channel.

 

[CentralEmporium]

Alright thank you guys

 

[CentralEmporium]

Well you really want to use the GraphTech Ghost Acoustiphonic preamp with that - as expensive as the bridge itself but worth it imho. That's all you need, you plug the mag pickup(s) into the board and redo the output jack, and good to go.

It looks like they have multiple options on their site, would this one work well? ghost Bass Acousti-Phonic Advanced Preamp Kit (PK-0340-00)

 

[Matt Liebenau]

It looks like they have multiple options on their site, would this one work well? ghost Bass Acousti-Phonic Advanced Preamp Kit (PK-0340-00)

That and a set of saddles should be good. I haven’t tried their bass setup yet but I have it in 2 guitars, one with Roland output and one just acoustic, I like the mid / dark tone switch. It provides a nice option without a tone control for the peizos.

 

[bholder]

It looks like they have multiple options on their site, would this one work well? ghost Bass Acousti-Phonic Advanced Preamp Kit (PK-0340-00)

Yeah that's the one I'm using on some bass projects, and the guitar equivalent on my current guitar project. You definitely want that over the stripped down basic one, and the full blown hexpander setup isn't necessary unless you're midi / synths / 13 pin stuff.

 

[CentralEmporium]

Yeah that's the one I'm using on some bass projects, and the guitar equivalent on my current guitar project. You definitely want that over the stripped down basic one, and the full blown hexpander setup isn't necessary unless you're midi / synths / 13 pin stuff.

Okay figured as much thanks for clarifiying

 

[CentralEmporium]

That and a set of saddles should be good. I haven’t tried their bass setup yet but I have it in 2 guitars, one with Roland output and one just acoustic, I like the mid / dark tone switch. It provides a nice option without a tone control for the peizos.

Damn it doesn't come with saddles? You have any recommendations my friend?

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Bass Saddles - GHOST PICKUP SYSTEMS | Graph Tech Guitar Labs

They have saddles for ABM, Hipshot and barrel style bridges. Their saddles have the Molex plug to plug right into their preamps.

 

[bholder]

Yeah the bridge comes with saddles, or saddles are available separately to fit many existing bridges.

 

[CentralEmporium]

Yeah the bridge comes with saddles, or saddles are available separately to fit many existing bridges.

kk

 

[Big Dumb]

how did

kk

How did this turn out? I'm about to do this to one bass or another...