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| Author: | herry tze [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Archtop pickup |
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.  ![[uncle]](./images/smilies/surrenderflagqv6.gif "Uncle")
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| Author: | TripodBob [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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. |
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| Author: | alan stassforth [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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! |
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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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| Author: | rlrhett [ Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
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. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | kencierp [ Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
Quote: hexaphonic six string piezo Midi synthesizer pick up? |
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| Author: | rlrhett [ Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
kencierp wrote: Quote: hexaphonic six string piezo Midi synthesizer pick up? 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. |
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| Author: | herry tze [ Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
Chris Pile wrote: 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. Thank's Chris. maybe this is my fisrt choice and so about the price thank's |
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| Author: | herry tze [ Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Archtop pickup |
rlrhett wrote: 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. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 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. 
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