Hand Made Magnetic Django pickups

jflojazz · September 2010

Have several still on ebay

atglabs · September 2010

Hi Jason,

I've been looking at the Shadow NMG for my Park to give me an electric jazz voice to augment a Schatten bridge transducer for the acoustic sound, using a foot switch to select the desired pickup. Apparently Shadow is making a special NMG that is compensated for use with Argentine silver/copper strings, but NMGs also have active electronics that need their special preamp to supply power to the pickup as well as condition the output signal. The appealing thing about the NMG is it is small and doesn't block the soundhole so that the guitar still projects well acoustically.

Looking at your thin single and humbucker designs, you say they are betwee 5/16 and 7/16 inch thick, but is this true anywhere on the pickup or just at the ends? In other words, could I move your pickup next to the neck and leave the sound hole mostly unblocked, or are there pole pieces and such that project from the back of the pickup so far that the pickup has to be mounted in the sound hole? (One factor is that it needs to be thinner the closer it is to the neck.)

I guess I'm really wondering what would give the best electric jazz sound without reducing the acoustic projection of the guitar if I'm using external microphones or playing unamplified. Also, I'm wondering if your pickups have actually 'de-emphasized' the electric sound in order to pick up sound board vibrations and other acoustic effects in the pickups?

Sorry to ask so many questions, but I really would like one guitar that could play Romane electric jazz and Samy Daussat acoustic gypsy by switching between two pickup systems. The Schatten system works fine for acoustic, but which of your pickups would give the best Bartolini/DeArmond jazz sound on my GJ guitar? (Hope there is an answer to this question.)

One final thought -- rather than having a volume knob that sticks up out of the top of the pickup, how about one of those thumb-wheel knobs projecting from the top end of the pickup? That would seem to keep the profile low and lessen the chance of whacking the knob with a fat GJ pick.

jflojazz · November 2010

Hi Yall, here is my latest creation which I am quite proud of.
adjustable poles and low profile volume thumbwheel .
189$ available soon at Djangobooks.com.
I have a blem one avail for 150$

jflojazz · November 2010

atglabs wrote:

Hi Jason,

I guess I'm really wondering what would give the best electric jazz sound without reducing the acoustic projection of the guitar if I'm using external microphones or playing unamplified. Also, I'm wondering if your pickups have actually 'de-emphasized' the electric sound in order to pick up sound board vibrations and other acoustic effects in the pickups?

Hi there, yes I think the adjustable pole humbucker is perfect for your needs , and now less than 1/4 inch thick, with EQ you can emphasize more acoustic or more electric type sound.