Has anyone here tried a Schatten Active Pickup

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I've been using a K&K passive (w/ floor pedal preamp) and was considering trying a Schatten Active in my F30R.
Anyone have any experience with these?
 

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Never heard of them before - but at least they carefully designed their own logo so it is not at all resembling this:

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That may or may not indicate the level of their own engineering quality 😅
 

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I haven’t tried it but heard good things about them. I did buy a couple that I haven’t installed yet. If you decide to go that route ping me.
 

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I have been using Dazzos for several years now and have them in six guitars. Pared with a SunnAudio pre, either onboard or external, it's everything I want or need in a pickup. I bought a guitar last year with K&Ks in it and they didn't last a week.
 

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I think I've heard Dazzo come up before. I'm going to look into those

That is funny about the Schatten vs. Schaller logos
 

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Br1ck I looked up those pickups and preamps. Which Sunnaudio Pre are you using?
The sound clips sound pretty darn good.
 

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I've only known them for their PUs for spider, biscuit, and tricone resonators. I've never used one, however--my instruments are loud enough
for recording, but I've seen where others have used them in performing. They generally seem to be favorably regarded as a rule.
 

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Br1ck I looked up those pickups and preamps. Which Sunnaudio Pre are you using?
The sound clips sound pretty darn good.
Technically, I own two, a custom blender which they put in a box for an open mic, and a Stage DI which replaced a FireEye. I have Dazzos in six guitars so needed one good outboard unit. If I had only one guitar, i'd look at an onboard unit depending on need. The gain stage is basically the same, I believe.
 
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