Installation of a complete Graphtech Ghost system into a Parker Nitefly M Photo Gallery by Tom Goode at pbase.com

Installation of a complete Graphtech Ghost system into a Parker Nitefly M

I decided to get a Parker Nitefly and install a MIDI system in it for my wife. The idea was to find a midi system that I could adapt to the existing Fishman transducers in the Parker. I chose Graphtech because their system seemed to be more modular and compact, and because I like to support Canadian companies when I have the choice.

I contacted Graphtech to see if they had anything off-the shelf that I could use to adapt the Fishman transducers. They didn't, but Morgan, in tech support was kind enough to assemble a basic set of wires I could use to adapt the systems to each other.

In the end, the sound quality in piezo is superior to that of the original Fishman pre-amp. The guitar sounds better in a coustic mode, with less "quack". In addition it now has mid/bright switching and a seperate tone control for the piezo system.

We can now play with any combination of magnetic pickups, Piezo pickups and Midi synth.

Parker Nitefly-M stock electronics	Parker Nitefly-M stock electronics 2	body rear
Nitefly bridge	It begins!	There will be more of these when complete...
Empty control cavity	Bridge piezo summing board	Piezo transducers desoldered
Note the wire bridging ground to the summing bus.	Routing begins...	Enlarging the control cavity
Final touches with chisel	GK mounting plate - hole drilled for access and chip clearance.	The final hole
Test fit	Like a glove...	Sample sent by Graphtech
Hole enlarged for hex cable	Squeezing through	Transducer cable into control cavity
Hex transducer cable from the front side	Getting pretty crowded	Beleive it or not, that all fits...
It ain't pretty, but it works	re-wired bridge. View from the back	Control layout.

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