Anyone tried the Schertler C-Dyn Dobro pckp?

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Yann Obergfell
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Anyone tried the Schertler C-Dyn Dobro pckp?

Post by Yann Obergfell »

Hi,

Lately I've been looking for a pickup fir my dobro...
I heard a schertler pickup once on a guitar (a DYN G) and I couldn't believe my ears. It sounded EXACTLY like a guitar through a mic. Incredible.
http://www.schertler.com/prodotti_ing/pickups/resonator_guitar.htm

To those who aren't familiar with schertler pickups, they aren't piezos and they are very feedback resistant. Any input?

Yann
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Let's bump this one up. I'd like to hear more about this too. An interesting design.

Bob
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Post by Chuck Fisher »

I sure like that its low impedience, its gotta be handy to just xlr into your mixer or a pro preamp/compressor or anti-feedback box. 1 cord, no silly assed batteries or little tin boxes full of opamps (UGH)

I wonder how much it costs $, and how much the mass of this thing stuck on the cone messes with the acoustic properties of the guitar.
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Post by Yann Obergfell »

I've got an old-style Mc Intyre Pickup on the cone of my OMI dobro and really kills the tone. I think the putty dampens the vibrations. I'm going to the Frankfurter Musikmesse next Thursday and I'll check the Schertler stand. I'll keep you posted. In France the pickup costs about €300.

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I have a Fishman Passive transducer on my Gold Tone mahogany that was recently installed and set up by Paul Beard. Today is the first day I'm trying it in performance and I will make a report to the class later.

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Post by Gene Jones »

I haven't tried the Schertler, but the last dobro pickup I tried to use was a "Shadow SH2000A Transducer". It caused the soundman to quit and go into therapy and me to surrender and begin using a SuperBro simulator. It doesn't cut it for bluegrass but will do the job for anything else.

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