Product: DeArmond 260
Price Paid: $65
Submitted
08/30/1993
at
12:00pm
by
Ivans Chou
Email: ichou at acs2<dot>bu<dot>edu
Features
:
Pickup features: piezo-magnetic sensor, balanced output, easy install
Impedance or other specs:
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: acoustic guitar
Position: Sound hole
Pickup being replaced: Dean Markley Artist Model
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup:
Your musical style(s): blues/jazz/classic rock
Reason for pickup change: The Markley (which was already the second one)
died.
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level:
Tone: balanced if you use
phosphor bronze strings, extra-"bright" if steel strings are used.
Sonic evaluation: Among pickups for acoustic guitars, I've
found this one to be one of the best (for the money). The piezo-
magnetic "sensor" basically combines the sounds of the string vibration
that a single coil humbucking pickup would give with the vibrations
from the guitar's body that a piezo-electric transducer would pick up.
Some people have complained that earlier versions of this model had
problems including: The wire would become frayed where the wire met
the transducer, and also the spring clamp did not hold the transducer
tightly in the sound hole causing an annoying buzz. I've not found
either of these problems in the 2 years I've been using it. I have
found that this pickup may produce some hiss when in an electrically
noisy room.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
Overall Rating
:
10
Comments: As far
as acoustics go, I'm satisfied with this one.
