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Karl Nutt

 

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Post  Posted 21 Oct 2011 9:58 pm    
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I hope I'm not posting this in the wrong section. Does anyone know what Marty Stuart uses in his Martin D-45 for a pickup on the Marty Stuart Show? I can't find anything online or an email address to ask Marty himself. I have a 48 D-28 that I would like to amplify in the same manner if possible. I appreciate any info you guys could forward to me. Thanks!
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chris ivey


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Post  Posted 23 Oct 2011 1:15 pm    
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i'd like to know, also. i've got a d28 and i'm considering having a k&k pickup installed. suggestions??
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Post  Posted 23 Oct 2011 7:44 pm    
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Paul Martin. Marty's bass player is a member here. He would know. He may be along here soon. I remember talking to Kenny Vaughan at a Marty gig once about this. They are VERY particular about there acoustic pickups. That's Hank Sr.'s Martin that Marty plays on the show by the way.
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Kermit Monk


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Post  Posted 24 Oct 2011 12:54 pm    
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Maybe if Paul is kind enough to answer the Martin question, he could also tell us what speaker Marty has in the Deluxe Reverb he is playing live. Killer tone...I know it's Clarence White's B-Bender Tele and Marty's fingers, but still...killer tone..
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Tim Whitlock


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Post  Posted 25 Oct 2011 10:58 am    
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I too have been curious about the acoustic pickups Marty and Kenny use because they sound so natural. Not quacky or plastic like the piezos.
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Maybe if Paul is kind enough to answer the Martin question, he could also tell us what speaker Marty has in the Deluxe Reverb he is playing live.

I was thinking both Mary and Kenny used Princetons, but my eyes are going bad.
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Kermit Monk


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Post  Posted 25 Oct 2011 12:52 pm    
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Tim,

On the TV show, they both play Princetons, but live Kenny is playing a silver face Princeton and Marty is playing a silver face Deluxe. Both had a great tone, but I liked Marty's better.

I saw them live in Bristol, TN not long ago. I walked up to the foot of the stage to get a look at the gear.
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Tim Whitlock


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Post  Posted 28 Oct 2011 3:32 pm    
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I sent the question to Kenny Vaughan via Facebook. Here is his response:
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The engineer, Mick Conely, tapes a very small mic to the guitar on the bass side of the fingerboard aimed into the sound hole. Unfortunately, I don't know what make or model. The best one I've heard is the model Dave Sinko uses when he does sound for the Punch Brothers. It's a bit larger than what we use. They place it in the same location. It's amazing how loud it can get.

Now that I hear this I do remember seeing a thin wire running along the top of Marty's neck and wondering about it.

FYI Kenny and I played in the Denver punk/new wave scene in the late 70s - early 80s. He made the switch to C&W about 10 years before me and with much better results Smile
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Karl Nutt

 

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Fayette City, PA U.S.A.
Post  Posted 29 Oct 2011 3:37 pm    
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Hey guys, I think I found it! Check out this link...

http://hybridmic.adkmic.com/quotes/

This is Marty's engineer telling what mic he uses for Marty's D-45.
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Hiro Keitora


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New York, New York
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2011 1:39 pm    
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Wow, so that "Lollipop" is inside of the guitar body??

Hmm-- Confused
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Karl Nutt

 

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Fayette City, PA U.S.A.
Post  Posted 30 Oct 2011 4:08 pm    
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I may have jumped the gun on this one. I'm still researching this. I think they used the lollipop mic in the studio.
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