Saved Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hi,last night,i instaled a piezo bridge in a bass. Is all metal,and the points that contact the strings,are metal to. Should i conect the bridge to the ground?the bass has also magnetic pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 [quote name='Saved' timestamp='1495440899' post='3303649'] Hi,last night,i instaled a piezo bridge in a bass. Is all metal,and the points that contact the strings,are metal to. Should i conect the bridge to the ground?the bass has also magnetic pickups [/quote] I would, my understanding is that it's safer and you should get less noise when taking hands off the strings, especially if passive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 +1 I have a hipshot piezo bridge in one of mine and that's grounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Thank you for the answers guys. One more.Is it possible to take out of phase signal? Its not my goal,just wanna feel sure that i will not do any stupid thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Yes it is possible for the piezo signal to be out of phase with the mag pickup. The blended piezo+mag sound will usually sound somewhat thin and weedy if they're out of phase. Most piezo buffer circuits have a phase reversal switch to cater for this. How are you mixing the piezo and mag signals, do you have some sort of buffer circuit or preamp onboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 I dont know if i mix them or if i will use one at a time. The good thing is that i have a mixing console,so i can mix them with that. Just experimenting still. One option is to use a blend control after piezos vol-tone circuit. I dont know if it will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikay Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Piezos and mag pups generally don't mix too well unless they're buffered but if you're using separate outputs that gets round that problem. Have fun experimenting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 John East does a module for blending mag and Piezo ( MPM-01 I think). Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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