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GHOST SADDLES FAQ

The saddle wires have 2 sides, which is which?

With our insulated wires (on all electric saddles) the blue side is ground and the silver side is signal. With our black shielded wires (on all acoustic saddles) the bare is ground and the white is signal.

How do I ground my acoustic guitar?

Our acoustic saddles are conductive, yet they do not short the piezo pickup due to the specific internal manufacturing.

Can I replace the saddles on my Line6 Variax with ghost saddles?

You can replace the saddles on your Strat-style Variax bridge with Graph Tech Ghost saddles (PN-8000-00). These are made of String Saver composite material and house Graph Tech's custom-made piezo sensor with your Variax.

Can I plug the pickup saddles from my Variax Line 6 into the ghost preamp?

The Variax saddles are electrically compatible with the Ghost preamp and MIDI interface, but they lack the plug-in-style connectors on our modular system. To overcome this, order the BE-0511-00 extension wiring harness and solder wires from your Vari

Can I file my ghost saddle to achieve a different dimensions or string spacing?

Do not attempt to file the notches on Ghost saddles!. The piezo crystal is only 0.040" below the notch, and if you expose the pickup, the string will short it out and won't work anymore. Furthermore, the pickup has been positioned optimally in relati

Do you make a MIDI bridge for 7 string guitars?

Many of our saddles that are made for 6-string bridges will also fit on 7-string bridges. If you do not find a 7-saddle set on our Web site, but see a saddle that looks like it would fit your guitar, contact us and we will put together a custom set o

Can you install the ghost saddles without a pre-amp?

You can connect our saddle leads directly to an output jack (passively), however, the signal will not be very “acoustic-like” in the absence of the buffering & equalization of our pre-amp. In fact we even offer a passive volume kit for this very reas

Can I plug the pickup saddles from my Variax Line 6 into the ghost preamp?

The Variax saddles are electrically compatible with the Ghost preamp and MIDI interface, but they lack the plug-in-style connectors on our modular system. To overcome this, order the BE-0511-00 extension wiring harness and solder wires from your Vari