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Topic: Fishman Nashville strings |
Paul DiMaggio
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 7:49 am |
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| I just pulled the trigger on a Gretsch Bobtail , I know very little about Resonators but I like it so far. Acoustically it might not out gun the Martin and Gibson acoustics but plugged in it turns into a monster. Does the Fishman pickup prefer any specific kind of strings? |
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 8:47 am
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Nope! 
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Howard Parker
03\' Carter D-10
70\'s Dekley D-10
52\' Fender Custom
Many guitars by Paul Beard
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 9:24 am
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Paul,
The Fishman pickup is a Peizo pickup which works on vibrations "picked up" from the instrument body, and as such is not affected by string materials.
Regards,
Keith. |
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 9:36 am
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Hi Paul,
Just to elaborate on my earlier reply. The Fishman pickup is normally situated under the saddle of the guitar bridge. Piezo pickups can also be fitted internally to the guitar body in various places to accentuate the tones from those positions. Gypsy Jazz guitars, like the Selmer/Maccafferi style, typically have these types of pickups installed to give a "natural" sound output.
Keith. |
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 10:31 am
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| If you have the budget you should try the Aura Jerry Douglas pedal that is made to work with this pickup. It make you plugged Dobro sound like a miked Dobro, very good tone and low feedback! |
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 10:47 am
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In Paul's case the pickup is the bridge insert and as a piezo device doesn't require magnetic strings.
The Aura would be a huge benefit but costs almost as much as this particular guitar.
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 11:06 am
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Howard,
That's a much better reply to the OP, he was looking for advice after all.
Keith. |
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Howard Parker
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Maryland
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 12:08 pm
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Dunno, Seemed like a yes/no question at the time 
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Keith Glendinning
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 12:58 pm
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Yup!
But it's nice to give some information when you can read between the lines.
Keith. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 1:04 pm
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| Howard Parker wrote: |
In Paul's case the pickup is the bridge insert and as a piezo device doesn't require magnetic strings.
The Aura would be a huge benefit but costs almost as much as this particular guitar.
h |
Well here is how one justifies (well at least I would anyway) the expense of the Aura Jerry Douglas pedal, which makes a dramatic difference in performance.
The Bobtail comes with the Fishman Nashville pickup installed, and to use a popular dealer as an example, it sells at Elderly for $499.
The Gretsch Boxcar is basically the the same guitar with a slightly different appearance, no pickup, Elderly price: $359
You are essentially paying $140 more for the pickup.
The pickup alone from Elderly goes for $200. To install it correctly on an existing guitar one is best off purchasing a new Beard adjustable spider, or Schoonover modular spider to go along with the pickup. And though home tinkerers have successfully installed the new setup themselves, it is for the most part best left to a pro luthier familiar with the system to get it right. Now you're out even more money.
The Chinese Gretsch guitars aren't all that swift, but I have played a couple of the plugged in jobs and they sound pretty decent through an acoustic amp.
The Jerry Douglas Aura pedal goes for $320 new at Elderly but if you keep your eyes peeled they turn up once in awhile used at a considerably lower price.
The bottom line for me is that if for any reason I were considering one of these Gretsch resonators, I'd go for the one with the pickup in it - if you ever wanted to take it out and put it in a better guitar you're getting it for $60 less then if you bought the thing on its own.
Back to the string question, these Gretsch squareneck resos, pickup or not, come with D'Addario EJ42 Phosphor Bronze strings, were I a betting man I would put down some cash on the table that EJ42s are the most popular set of dobro strings in the industry, plugged in or unplugged.
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Paul DiMaggio
From:
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Sep 2014 3:03 pm
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Thanks guys. Nope was as good an answer as any . I've never owned a piezo pickup but I've used lots of piezo igniters , does that count? I wasn't sure so both explanations were good. As for the pedal, the only way I got to buy the resonator was that the outfit I bought it thru offered 15x the Areoplan points. My wife has been mumbling something about selling some of the other guitars ( whatever that means) before I buy anymore. The best place for the pedal to be right now is on the back burner. I plugged the guitar into my Roland cubes and it sounded great from acoustic up to Black Panel, a touch of reverb and a tiny bit of gain And it kept it's Dobroesque sound. At Brit Combo it kinda went off the rails. Good enough for me, At least for now
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