Piezo System for Strat style electric guitars

[NSJ]

What’s the best solution to put a Piezo pick up on a Strat style guitar that won’t interfere with the electric sound and enables you to choose between the two? There’s a reason I am interested in this I know that a lot of solid bodies have no acoustic sound and so forth. Are we talking a Fishman under the bridge? A brand new bridge? I’m not looking to modify the electric qualities or tone or playability. Thanks.

[Cunamara]

Graph Tech is one option.

[gitman]

I've owned and used a Tom Anderson "Cobra" model guitar (all mahogany, chambered body) for several years which came with a piezo-equipped bridge. I could choose between the magnetic signal and the piezo- output (and route it separately etc.) but I never really got into this option, at least not for my stage work. The guitar was very easy to play (shorte scale, Tele shape+size) and the electric tone was excellent, both clean and with overdrive. For a somewhat more "airy" tone, i.e. more acoustic-like overtones / less fundamentals,
I fiddled with several separate EQ's in my multi-fx unit(s) and the push/pull switches on the the 2 pots (series/parallel) offered an additional option towards that goal.
The pure piezo tone did nothing for me, had almost no dynamics (just loud and direct) and brought a decidedly artificial quality to the sound, not useable.
I regret selling that guitar, one of a few really special ones that got away in a weak moment....

[Alter]

Graph tech saddles are the best option, wired so that the normal pickups play independently from the piezos. But both access to batteries and using a stereo cable is a pain. I would only install it if absolutely needed for gigging, and then i'd do it to a guitar modded with a compartment for the battery and two separate output jacks. Mine went up literally in smokes when i touched the wrong thing while trying to change batteries.

[Woody Sound]

Several paths and options.

piezo for strat - Google Search

[gitman]

The Anderson had no extra cubby-hole for a battery , the pickup actually put out a surprising amount signal...
I'm sure there are many demo's of this type guitar on youtube since it used to be a popular option on the Anderson line of solidbodies - many
had a separate preamp + volume pot built-in, which of course did require a 9v block.

[NSJ]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have some ideas. My motivation is, since I don’t own any steel string acoustic dreadnought guitars or gypsy guitars or anything like that, is to leverage the one solid body guitar I do own and to use it as an acoustic guitar as well, through tone Dexter. Which I discovered through Christian miller here. Thanks ! Here’s the video demonstrating that, by the manufacturer

[Alter]

I ended up with a Boss acoustic simulation pedal. They are pretty cheap, and very practical and decent sounding, so it's easy to find one and give it a try. Maybe it turns out to be all you need, and no guitar mods involved!

[Mecena]

+1 for Boss Acoustic Simulation pedal. I would personally go that way.

[Woody Sound]

+1 for Boss Acoustic Simulation pedal. I would personally go that way.

Buy a used one off reverb, if you don't like it, flip it. Same with the TD. Or buy both and flip the one you don't keep (or both). Potentially a lot less hassle than altering a guitar.