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Hi.
I want to know what You use the pickup of your Archtop guitar?
I have not built archtop guitar yet, and I will build soon. so I need your suggestion for the pickup..
When I saw the floating pickup and fix pickup or piezo undersaddle pickup?
I confuse for that. So I need your help please.
thank you so much.

Hi Herry,

I use a Benedetto S6 which mounts to the underside of the pickguard and floats slightly above the body at the end of the fretboard.

I had a Jimmy Smith floating pick up that mounted to the end of the fretboard
that I liked.
You could use both types,
and go stereo!

I made one with a Fishman archtop bridge with a built-in piezo pickup, and this was blended with a fretboard suspended humbucker. The preamp circuit that I built was mounted under the pick guard with slider switches and watch batteries. The design for the circuit is over on the MIMF.

For jazz guitar the Kent Armstrong PAF hand wound 12 pole humbucker is my favorite. Floating or mounted.

https://www.archtop.com/ac_access.html

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Hard to go wrong with Bill Lawrence's classic A-400.
Came out in the 70's, and still sounding sweet and articulate!
Affordable, too.

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It depends a lot on the guitar you are putting it on. Carved spruce top? Carved maple? Laminate?
I second the Armstrong hand wound 12 pole if you have an acoustic spruce top and you don't want to cut into it. A laminate top guitar is basically an electric instrument. Cut into it and mount whatever you like. Seth Lover's for eg. If you have a thin bent top like an old Selmer you may want a hexaphonic six string piezo.


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Midi synthesizer pick up?

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http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/

Yeah, like these guys:

http://www.rmcpickup.com

Doesn't have to be midi, they can just output to line. Nice if you are using nylon strings or something other than nickel.

Thank's Chris. maybe this is my fisrt choice and so about the price thank's

Thank's Rirhett. I will build carved spruce top ( I had two years ago from Alaska Specialty Woods) and Back & Side set (big leaf) Mahogany from my local area. all wood quarter sawn. What do you think if I use Bill Lawrence A400, consider with money I plan, another choice piezo pickup undersaddle built by Cafewalter. thank's I need your opinion.