Fun Question Of The Month--April

MikeK

What type of pickup/mic system are you currently using on your gypsy jazz guitar (and what do you like most about it)? I'll get it started:

Krivo micro manouche. I'm a huge fan of Krivo pickups and use them exclusively on my gypsy jazz guitars. The micro manouche is my favorite one yet (Jason knocked it out of the park with this one). I love how easily it goes on & off the guitar and how I never have to fret (pun intended) about feedback.

voutoreenie

I'm using a Peche and contact mic (from Jokko) combo or just the Peche if I'm feeling lazy. I've posted about it before but having the combo basically eliminates any feedback issues even at high gain and the blended tone is substantially more "acousticy" sounding than just the Peche or another magnet pickup.

voutoreenie

Also, and apologies for the thread drift, but has anyone heard how the new ALD Selmer reissues sound when amplified? The pickup/preamp combo looked pretty intriguing.

paulmcevoy75

Currently the guitar I'm playing doesn't have a pickup.

But my plan is a Frankenstein combination of:

1) my removable humbucker insert on a stereo jack with:

2) either a k&k or bigtone style pickup run through a custom IR on a pedal

And in a separate jack:

3) an NVtone microphone.

As Yngvie said, more is more. Mostly just trying to figure out what works.

DragonPL

I bought a Dell’Arte bridge pickup off Reverb, put in on my Gitane John Jorgensen model, and it sounds great! It sounds like a mic pickup. Hot, and not like a Piezo at all. Really odd! And it's loud enough to play a gig through a Roland Mobile Cube 5-watt amp!

What's more bizarre I actually have a Dell’Arte guitar with the orriginal bridge pickup, and it sounds nothing like the other one. It's typical Piezo and not as loud.

I also have a Mueller magnetic pickup with works great with my Castellucia, as those have the higher bridge angle. I think this one sounds a bit less "electric guitar" than a Stimer.

Joonas

I have the T-Bone Lucan System which I use whenever I want to record or amplify an acoustic guitar. It needs the 48V phantom power from the mixer or interface.

littlemark

Peche and some kind of contact mic.

But just today I got an attachment for my amt350 mic. I'm going to mess with that.

I haven't had any feedback issues.

Jangle_Jamie

I am a Krivo Micro user too - brilliant. Lovely clean natural sound, but I suppose lacking that authentic acoustic reproduction of a mic. So damn easy to fit and play with though.

I used to use an Audio Technica PRO70 mic, but trying it again the other day, I just couldn't get it to stop feeding back on a D hole at decent volumes.

For recording, I have a RODE NT1 which goes into a Blue Icicle preamp before going into my PC.

rudolfochrist

Different solutions for different occasions for me:

1) Carlos Sensor with either EDB-2 preamp or AER Compact 60

2) DPA 4099 mic with EDB-2. Usually, the mic sounds very bright and needs some EQ fiddling. I try to avoid using the DPA with the AER.

3) For electric sound I use a Pêche pickup in conjunction with a Pêche amp. Don't use this setup very often but I'm glad I have this option when I need it.

A Shure SM58 ơn a boom stand in front of me is what I like the best. Even when I use it over my AER. Of course this will produce feedback at certain levels of volume.

marcelodamon

As we play gigs together Mike, I'm sure you know my setup most of the time. With Selmer #560, because it is so loud on its own, I can get away with using the AKG mic that attaches to the clip, which mounts near the sound hole, without any feedback from the AER Compact 60. However, I have had success using my white Dell Arte Hommage (Blues Claire) with the Bigtone and AER with ZERO feedback issues. I also have a Carlos CS censor piezo which I don't use that much, but it also sounds good, with no feedback. I'll probable use that with the other gypsy guitars I have; in the future.

I never ventured into using the humbucker type pickups, as they change the tone of the guitar so much, that it doesn't sound like an acoustic anymore. But, to each their own; I certainly understand their convenience.