yettoblaster
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In my project to get my new (to me) D4-NT ready for gigging I wanted to more or less permanently install (as-in with an endpin jack) a Lawrence magnetic soundhole pickup for jazz solo duties when I'm otherwise bashing acoustic rhythm (unmic'd).
I don't care for hum much and the Lawrence A-300 is single coil. The hum is not too intrusive but I figured if I grounded the strings like a normal electric it couldn't hurt.
I remembered a few years ago brass pins and saddles were all the rage so figured I'd hit the local shop's parts drawers for a saddle.
I found a new one from AllParts that looks like a Roman aqueduct (cutout arches on the bottom). I figure it must be for piezo saddle use but would suffice for my needs.
I soldered a wire onto it and used the unused hole in the bridge's channel that appeared to be for a piezo. Easy peezy.
Then I strang 'er up (using TI Spectrums to lower the pull on this guitar, as it's showing some age towards the neck reset end of things):
WOW! Increased volume, tone, and sustain! :shock:
I generally prefer John Pearse light 80/20's or phos-brnz, but the combination on this particular guitar really works astoundingly well!
I'm not about to change anything on my Tacoma-built D40, but acoustically, the tonal gap between the two guitars ('93 D4-NT with a low saddle vs the D40 with Adi top) just got noticeably smaller! 8)
I don't care for hum much and the Lawrence A-300 is single coil. The hum is not too intrusive but I figured if I grounded the strings like a normal electric it couldn't hurt.
I remembered a few years ago brass pins and saddles were all the rage so figured I'd hit the local shop's parts drawers for a saddle.
I found a new one from AllParts that looks like a Roman aqueduct (cutout arches on the bottom). I figure it must be for piezo saddle use but would suffice for my needs.
I soldered a wire onto it and used the unused hole in the bridge's channel that appeared to be for a piezo. Easy peezy.
Then I strang 'er up (using TI Spectrums to lower the pull on this guitar, as it's showing some age towards the neck reset end of things):
WOW! Increased volume, tone, and sustain! :shock:
I generally prefer John Pearse light 80/20's or phos-brnz, but the combination on this particular guitar really works astoundingly well!
I'm not about to change anything on my Tacoma-built D40, but acoustically, the tonal gap between the two guitars ('93 D4-NT with a low saddle vs the D40 with Adi top) just got noticeably smaller! 8)