Johnny Smith Neck Mount

[staybobo]

Can a Johnny Smith Neck Mount be added to an Ibanez AEF Acoustic/Electric Guitar

[LtKojak]

Re: Johnny Smith Neck Mount

Can a Johnny Smith Neck Mount be added to an Ibanez AEF Acoustic/Electric Guitar

No without cutting the hole, but even if you could, it can't added to the already in-place preamp, so it's got to be wired separated from the existing system. An ill-conceived idea to start with.

What are trying to accomplish anyway???

[staybobo]

Re: Johnny Smith Neck Mount

I am after a Howard Roberts style guitar.

[idsnowdog]

Re: Johnny Smith Neck Mount

I don't think there's enough heel to mount a pickup too? The pickup might be thicker than thicker than the distance between the soundboard and the strings?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Archtop-Pickup-NEW-Artec-/180951128576?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a21871a00#ht_1972wt_865

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Artec-Neck-Mount-Pickup-for-Arch-Top-Jazz-Guitar-Chrome-/150844800662?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item231f0cfe96#ht_3492wt_771

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Artec-Acoustic-PreAmp-EndPin-Jack-W-Soundhole-Pickup-/180951128529?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2a218719d1#ht_1453wt_771

[Chickenwings]

Re: Johnny Smith Neck Mount

I am after a Howard Roberts style guitar.

this one is an archtop and the neck angle is different to yours.
A lot of archtops wont fit a johnny smith either. The thinnest neck mount you can find is by Kent Armstrong. Its the handwound one called a "2D". Not the thicker factory built one you can buy on ebay. You have to get it directly from KA.
However, seeing as yours is a flattop, i reckon your best bet is to try a sound hole mounted magnetic pickup.
The sweet spot for neck pickups is directly under where the 24th fret would be (there is a double octave harmonic there - same sound as the harmonic on your fifth fret). Looking at your axe, that would be in the forward part of your soundhole - exactly where most modern soundhole magnetic pickups sit. (eg...the 3rd example from snowdog)
HOwever- most of them are single coil (to give high end clarity). There is tho a humbucking soundhole pickup by artec. Its not expensive either. Ive tried it in a steel string and it sounded good (it resides in a friend's 12 string now).
That might be worth trying out.
It wont play with your intalled elecgtronics tho....but fishman make plenty of preamps that allow pickup/piezo blending.

[idsnowdog]

Re: Johnny Smith Neck Mount

You might be able to mount that 1st Artec pickguard pickup to the soundboard, but I don't know if you can height adjust?