Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 6:42 am |
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Has anyone had good success with this pickup?
http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Lace-Ultra-Slim-Acoustic-Sensor?sku=360667
I'm looking for something to put on my Republic Tricone. I realize that it will not have the richness and complexity of a good mic, but for open mics, it's way easier to plug in than to try to get the people running it to get a decent tone without feedback. Plus, it's a big time saver. I'd go Highlander, but I don't have the extra 200 clams.
If my reso was a vintage National, I'd still go with just mic, but since it's not, I'm not opposed to sticking one of these on there, or cutting holes in it.
Thanks!
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2008 7:43 am
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I've put one on a Johnson squareneck tricone, and it works just as you describe. Plug into a guitar amp and go. It does not feed back easily, drives effects pedals nicely, etc.
I have a Schatten bridge transducer on the same guitar, and it sounds more like a reso, but is not nearly as loud and full.
The Lace "adhesive" is clear and rubbery, and can be peeled off with no residue left on the metal body at all. I ran the wire down thru one of the soundholes to a 1/4" jack on the lower bout for a semi-permanent mount. |
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