rxkevco
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In a bit of a quandry at the moment with regard to fitting a pickup to my martin DM.
I have a yamaha FG430 which i have had for 25+ years, and bout 5 yrs ago fitted a martin under saddle pickup to it. Its sounds fine amplified, and even running thru the mixer when recording, but i dont particulary want to take it off the yam and fit it to the martin.
As well as recording my own material at the moment, i am about to start doing a few live sets in a few local pubs and will be using the martin mostly ( nicer deep tones ).
So,,,, what is the best pickup to have as there seems to have been some decent advances over the last few yrs and its all a bit confusing.
I would like to use another under saddle pickup if poss,, but if a soundhole pickup is better sound altogether then i would go for one of them, as ugly as they are !!!
I know its probably all to do with personal taste, but would really appreciate any advice anyone can put forward.
Many thanks, Kev.
I have a yamaha FG430 which i have had for 25+ years, and bout 5 yrs ago fitted a martin under saddle pickup to it. Its sounds fine amplified, and even running thru the mixer when recording, but i dont particulary want to take it off the yam and fit it to the martin.
As well as recording my own material at the moment, i am about to start doing a few live sets in a few local pubs and will be using the martin mostly ( nicer deep tones ).
So,,,, what is the best pickup to have as there seems to have been some decent advances over the last few yrs and its all a bit confusing.
I would like to use another under saddle pickup if poss,, but if a soundhole pickup is better sound altogether then i would go for one of them, as ugly as they are !!!
I know its probably all to do with personal taste, but would really appreciate any advice anyone can put forward.
Many thanks, Kev.