Gonzalos pickup?

murillo

Does anybody know what kind of pickups Gonzalo Bergara and his rhythm guitarist uses? I see that they are connectet to amps, but would they sound as good if they were connectet straight to a PA system?

I like the idea of not having to drill holes in the guitar and to be able to use a pickup for more then one guitar.

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Craig Bumgarner

When I saw Gonzalo last summer in a club in Annapolis, both he and Jeffery Radaich were using clip on mics (Audio Technica?) into Roland (60?) acoustic amps. This was in a small club with a quiet audience and it worked very well, the sound was completely acoustic and the volume was adequate. BTW, killer show.

I've used an AT831B clip-on mic for about 18 months now. The sound quality is good, but I'm always just on the edge of having enough volume. If there is a PA in the house, then no problem. But, just the mic into my Unico amp is marginal, feedback being the controlling issue. This seems to be a common complaint, but I'm slowly getting better at using mic, guitar & amp placement, preamp and EQ to control feedback. I add in a piezo pickup as a backup when I need higher volume.

CB

murillo

Hello

Thank you for your instant reply.

I really enjoy Gonzalos playing; his version of Honeysuckle Rose is very cool.
On Gonzalos homepage http://www.gonzalobergara.com you can see from the images that the rhythm guitarist uses some kind of a piezo attached on the soundboard. Do you perhaps know what sort he uses?


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Murillo

BluesBop Harry

Gonzalo used to use a Schertler DYN when he was with Jorgenson, maybe that's the one you're looking for

Bones

I bet if you emailed him he would reply and let you know the details of his pickup and amp.

klaatu

murillo wrote:

... the rhythm guitarist uses some kind of a piezo attached on the soundboard ...

It looks more like a small condenser microphone, such as the AT831b, stuck on with tape or something.

Tele295

I just saw him last night sitting in with Jorgenson, and he used the AT 831 mic right out of Doug Martin's Favino (it's a clip on) into Doug's amp. He was using the same Olivier Marin guitar I've seen him with before, and it did not appear to have any kind of built-in mics or pickups.

dennis

last time i played with him, he had indeed the AT831B and i think he also has a PRO 70 which is realyl similar...

I don't recommend these pickups for bar/restaurant gigs unless you a soundman... too much feedback.... having a really good preamp like the Tonebone PreZ makes an enormous difference though, if the crowd isn't too noisy, it just might work well enough...

the schertler basik works great for bars/restaurants... decent tone, much less feedback... and works great with the tonebone prez as well ... check em out www.tonebone.com

klaatu

dennis wrote:

the schertler basik works great for bars/restaurants... decent tone, much less feedback... and works great with the tonebone prez as well ... check em out http://www.tonebone.com

I agree with Denis, the Schertler Basik is a great little pickup. I like to mix it with the AT831b through a D-Tar Solstice into the PA, about 2/3 pickup, 1/3 mike. The AT831b gives you a bit more depth to the sound, the Basik gives a nice bite. For small venues, you can mix the mike and pickup through most acoustic amps.

One really good setup would be to use just the mike for rhythm and then kick the pickup in for lead with a stompbox such as the Boss GE-7.

Schatten now has a two-channel preamp (built by Ultrasound) that looks pretty good, too (Preamp/DI Max):
http://schattendesign.com/preamp-di.htm

murillo

Thanks for the replies my friends.

I think I am going to check out the schertler basik because it will probably suit my needs best.


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