Question Do piezos work on a floating bridge setup?

[meloney0]

Hello all, I'm playing around with the idea of getting a Luke with piezo system somewhere down the line (versatility reasons). I have no experience with this kind of pickup system on an electric guitar and remember reading somewhere on the forums that the bridge would have to be set up lying flat on the body for the piezo to work. I vastly prefer the bridge floating, though. All I could find on the EBMM FAQ was that the piezos would not work during dive bombs with no mention of bridge setup in general. As far as my understanding of it goes it should work floating as well as flat but I was hoping someone with a piezo equipped Luke could clarify. Thank you!

 

[faris]

Yes they do work. I don't own any Luke but the JP guitars are all equipped with floating bridges along with the option of piezo. Correct me if I'm wrong, as far as I know the piezo system works by channelling the string vibrations through the saddles to get the piezo sound thus why it won't work on divebombs. As long as your strings are on the saddles then it's all good.

 

[Spudmurphy]

+1.
Piezos will work fine on a floating trem. As long as you don't "dive too far" so that there is no tension on the saddles - all will be good.

 

[KEOKI]

+1+1. And it is a good sounding piezo system too.

 

[meloney0]

Ok, that settles that! Thank you very much everyone!

 

[kbaim]

Rare is the guitarist who utilizes acoustic dive bombs.

Is that the main reason you want the piezo?

If not, it will add nice color to your tone in a variety of settings but may fall short in that regard.

 

[meloney0]

Hehe, no divebombs required here. I use the floating trem for my electric guitaring (is that a word? ) only. I play a lot of covergigs though and not having to bring an extra acoustic to certain gigs would be a nice and very welcome thing. I was interested in knowing whether a piezo-Luke could be set up exactly like my regular Lukes while retaining the option of going "pseudo-acoustic".

I gather that piezos don't exactly pull a full acoustic but I was thinking more among the lines of "convincing enough for the odd live gig now and then".

 

[KEOKI]

They will work fine for that. I use mine straight to a separate channel. There are excellent stomps you can buy and put in line that will flavor the acoustic tone in many ways. For my use nothing is needed between the guitar and amp.

 

[Spudmurphy]

The piezo sounds awesome through a dedicated acoustic amp - won't sound as good through a conventional amp.
Sounds good through the PA too.

You have to get one!! - they are good!

 

[meloney0]

Most of my gigging is done through a POD HD 500 directly into a PA - switching for optimal acoustic sound would be very easy. I've heard the Music Man piezos on a live recording by Dream Theater and was rather impressed (only reason I even consider them, since it always looks veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery strange to me when I see an electric played but hear the acoustic sound ). I'll keep you guys posted if and when I make the jump! Thanks for all the valuable feedback!