WAL Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Hi, I have an Epiphone 1275 EDS (which is the Epiphone copy of the original Gibson Jimmy Page “Stairway” guitar. Rumour has it that Rush's Alex Lifeson had the tune-o-matic bridges on his replaced with piezo pick-ups that will enable him to emulate 12 and 6 string acoustics. I also understand that they may also work as MIDI pick-ups to trigger synths. I’d love to have my guitar modified in a similar way, but after contacting the likes of Fishman and LR Baggs I can’t find anyone willing and able to produce a tune-o-matic bridge with saddles cut for the 12 string. I suspect it would require a custom build, but two obvious questions are: Is this modification simply the stuff of myth and legend? If it isn’t, who did the stuff for Lifeson and does anyone have a contact for them? Regards WAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvansickle Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 If memory serves, I believe it was a company called Christian that made the piezos Lifeson used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 cvansickle - you're right, but Mike Christian is no longer in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAL Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Any alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 i don't think so - not for a 12. if you have some loot to throw down on a frankenstein mod you could maybe find a wide enough 6 to try on yer 12. if it works out you could double cut the saddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 The Mike Christian Saddles were acquired by Graphtech - now marketed as Ghost Piezo bridges / saddles They have all you need to make a MIDI controller on the 6 string neck and piezo out for both 6 and 12 necks. cant do a MIDI out on 12 string - too much crosstalk and false triggering. http://www.graphtech.com/products.html?CategoryID=2 http://www.graphtech.com/products.html?CategoryID=4 Many folk use the Graptech Piezo with 13pin Output to drive a Roland VG-99 COSM Vguitar processor. www.vguitarforums.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 As an EDS-1275 owner, I have to say this sounds interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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