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LB63 Slot Dimensions

Battery Box Measurement

LB63 Ghost Installation Instructions

Ghost Hexpander MIDI Interface Acousti-Phonic Pre-amp Installation Instruction

Guitar Potentionmeters (Part 1)

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the pots used in an electric guitar. Why are there different types? What do their values mean? How does all this vary the tone of the instrument?. A guitar sounds the way it does due to many factors, and the

Guitars Potentionmeters (Part 2)

Guitar pots are a crucial variable volume control used on almost every guitar and bass on the market. The way a pot increases or decreases a signal can be important to many players. There are 2 main types of pots used in electric guitars. Audio and l

Thinking of Modifying Your Parker Fly with The Ghost System?

Graph Tech's products are all created to be as easy as possible to install. Which means it is the ideal do-it-yourself project. As a DIY project, installing the ghost System is possible to achieve. Although it takes a little more work than our legacy

Ghost - Different Schematics for Different Folks

Here at Graph Tech we pride ourselves in coming up with products that do what we say they will do, and offer a real improvement to our customers instruments. Like when we take our already very popular String Saver material and encapsulate our own (cu

Ghost Acoustic/ MIDI System Installation Instruction

Ghost Hexpander Review

Here's a short (but good) ghost Hexpander review. Enjoy!. When you play a note or adjust a knob on a MIDI keyboard, it transmits MIDI data. A guitar pickup, however, produces an analog electrical current that must be converted to MIDI data before it

FAQ: Understanding Piezo Pickups for Guitar

Piezo pickups are a type of guitar pickup made from crystal or ceramic material. The term "piezo" comes from the Greek word meaning "to squeeze." These pickups produce electricity when they are stressed or squeezed, converting the vibrations of your

Graph Tech Ghost Review

Here is a great older article from the UK about the ghost system. It is a great overview of ghost, and specifically addresses the questions many people have about the benefit of using piezo (Graph Tech) pickups versus magnetic pickups. Graphtech Ghos

Ghost Full Kit Review

Here is an old but great review of our ghost system. It covers both the Acousti-Phonic pre-amp and the Hexpander. It is a great overview of the features, benefits, sounds, etc. Enjoy!. You’ve undoubtedly seen and heard piezo pickup-equipped electric

Magnetic Pickups

A magnetic pickup consists of a permanent magnet with a core of material like alnico or ceramic, wrapped with a coil of several thousand turns of fine enameled copper wire. The vibration of the nearby lightly magnetic strings modulates the flux linki