Anyone tried the Schertler C-Dyn Dobro pckp?

Yann Obergfell · Post by **Yann Obergfell** » 30 Mar 2005 11:30 am

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
[This message was edited by Yann Obergfell on 02 April 2005 at 07:45 AM.]

Bob Storti · Post by **Bob Storti** » 1 Apr 2005 5:03 am

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

Bob

Chuck Fisher · Post by **Chuck Fisher** » 1 Apr 2005 6:08 pm

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.

Yann Obergfell · Post by **Yann Obergfell** » 2 Apr 2005 7:44 am

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.

Yann [This message was edited by Yann Obergfell on 02 April 2005 at 07:46 AM.]

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 2 Apr 2005 9:00 am

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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Gene Jones · Post by **Gene Jones** » 2 Apr 2005 9:16 am

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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