Re: OT - acoustic pickups, etc

["Michael Plishka" <mike@michaelplishka.com>]

Daryl, I lost the beginning of the thread.  I'm not sure what you're 
trying 
to accomplish but with a minor modification, a lavaliere mic well placed 
and 
eq'd within the axe gives true reproduction as well as the ability to pick 
up body sounds (banging) and even singing into the soundhole:)

~peace~
Plish
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daryl Shawn" <highhorse@mhorse.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: OT - acoustic pickups, etc


> Fascinating stuff...thanks, Dan!
>
> I did actually hear back from Larry Cooperman, who had installed an 
> under-nut pickup in an electric. He wasn't very happy with the results, 
> saying that the signal was weak and uneven, with the treble strings 
>having 
> very little output. He said he also tried it in bass and found much 
>better 
> results there, though. Also, in the guitar, the signal that it did put 
>out 
> was useful for blending into the regular signal for an additional bit of 
> high-end brilliance, but on its own just wasn't worth the bother.
>
> I think that rather than going through the expense of redoing the nut 
>and 
> potentially not being happy with what I end up with, I'm going to try a 
> cheap piezo up on the headstock (I'll check out allelectronics, thanks 
> Bill). I gotta check out the recommended Zappa track too, Chris...once 
> again, thanks to everyone!
>
> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
> www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>> Piezos were originally discovered when
>> Oriental acupuncturists found a squared quartz crystal was producing 
>too 
>> high and painful
>> electrical offcharge...
>