Acoustic Pickups

[PUCKBOY99]

Well, I've been hanging out on this Forum since some time last year & I think this is the first time I've ever posted anything in "The Pickup Lounge" !

Anyway, I've been getting into acoustic music quite a bit lately & have been reading a lot about the different "styles" or types of p/us & all their little intricacies & idiosyncrocies.....................

What type of pick-ups do you guys use in your acoustic guitars...were they factory installed/did you install them...or do you just stick a mic in front of them ?????

And has anyone tried D-TAR stuff????

[Evan Skopp]

Re: Acoustic Pickups

Originally posted by PUCKBOY99
And has anyone tried D-TAR stuff????

It's no surprise that I have.

I have a Timber-Line in my Gibson J45 flat-top acoustic. It's a very sweet guitar. You can see it in the background here. The 18 volt pre-amp really lets you "thwack" the strings without it going into that piezo "quack" that I hate.

In that same picture, just below my left elbow, you can see a portion of my Solstice two-channel mixer-blender. For live applications, I use it so I can do my own gain and EQ adjustments -- as well as make phase corrections if I need to. In the studio, I use it as a mic pre and a mixer-blender. We "borrowed" the hybrid circuit architecture on the mic pres from the old Neve boards from the '70s -- so needless to say, they're really warm.

There are few other D-TAR products I'm thinking of getting. One is the Perfect Timbre to go on my Dana Bourgeois OM. Many people say it's the closest pickup to a mic.

And lately, I've been thinking of getting a mandolin. If I do, I'll probably get a Hot SoundSpot.

BTW, the D-TAR Forum is now up and running, for more acoustic chat with Rick Turner himself.

I hope this post didn't come off like an infomercial.

Cheers,

[PUCKBOY99]

No problem Evan...thanks! I also went over to the D-TAR Forum & pretty much asked the same thing, only this thread got one more response than that one, so..............

[xerxes]

Re: Re: Acoustic Pickups

Originally posted by Evan Skopp
It's no surprise that I have.

i dont know why, but i cant stop laughing from that. lol

[Evan Skopp]

If you're interested in learning about the new Mama Bear Digital Acoustic Guitar preamp that's discussed in this month's Acoustic Guitar Magazine, check out the thread in the D-TAR forum.

I think it's pretty interesting.