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Topic: A new life for my old Fender acoustic |
Joachim Kettner
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Posted 13 Nov 2018 10:21 am |
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I recently bought a Shadow pick up for my Fender Kingman. It only cost about 50 Euros and because of the low price I knew that wouldn't get the perfect acoustic sound. But I sounds so unique when I plug it in. I love that tone!
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Godfrey Arthur
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3rd Rock
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Posted 15 Nov 2018 6:58 am
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Is that a 60's Kingman, Joachim?
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Posted 15 Nov 2018 8:40 am
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Most probably, Godfrey. My father bought it for me at music store in Frankfurt in 1970. It wasn't cheap, also. The metal rod you can see in the sound-hole had a pickup screwed on, but we left it there, because it would have cost to much. With the thousand D- Marks for the guitar my dad was already on his limit.
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Fender Kingman, Sierra Crown D-10, Evans Amplifier, Soup Cube. |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2018 11:05 am Re: A new life for my old Fender acoustic
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| Joachim Kettner wrote: |
| ...I knew that wouldn't get the perfect acoustic sound. |
Not to worry, Joachim. There's a guy down in Texas who has an old acoustic guitar with a pickup who doesn't "get the perfect acoustic sound" either. He seems to have done okay for himself.
Nice looking instruments, those old Fender flattops. Somewhat reminiscent of Travis' original Bigsby-necked D-28. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 17 Nov 2018 12:04 pm
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Yes Jack. And I always liked the old pictures of acoustic guitar players like Tim Hardin that had pickups on their soundholes.
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