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That Sir, is a "Mickey Mouse" pick-up!
Thanks, always wondered. Many years ago I played a Guild double cutaway that looked a lot like a Gibson Johnny A and it had two of those pickups. They were terrible!
That Sir, is a "Mickey Mouse" pick-up!
FWIW, I think archtops need a pick-up--preferably magnetic. You lose 1/2 of what the guitar can do without one. And a floating pickup detracts nothing from the acoustic tone.
I have discovered though that my archtop sounds more natural with electric strings -- even if it's unplugged - as it usually is.
Thanks, always wondered. Many years ago I played a Guild double cutaway that looked a lot like a Gibson Johnny A and it had two of those pickups. They were terrible!
Phosphor bronze strings sound decent on an electric archtop if you turn the pole pieces of the unwound B and E all the way down, and those for the wound strings all the way up so the pickup can "hear" the steel cores more evenly.