Product: McIntyre Piezo Element
Price Paid: US $40
Submitted
05/02/2004
at
01:22pm
by
Ron Lacey
Email: ron-lacey<at>tamu dot edu
Features
:
Pickup features: Piezo element pickup
Impedence or other specs:
Instrument
:
Model of guitar or bass: Liberty Tirolean Resonator
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: none
Other pickups on guitar: none
Artists using this pickup: beats me
You musical style(s): blues, fingerstyle, slide
Reason for pickup change:
Sound
:
No Opinion
Perceived output level: Like all piezo pickups, it needs a preamp. Otherwise fine.
Tone: Suprisingly heavy on the bass. Not bad, but more bass then you'd expect from a piezo pickup.
Sonic evaluation: Liberty Resonator --> LL Baggs GigPro preamp --> Ultrasonic 30W Acoustic Amp
Very natural sound, I had to crank the amp to tell the difference between what I heard from the guitar and from the amp. Just what I wanted, the sound of my guitar only louder.
For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable:
Overall Rating
:
10
Comments: Very happy. If it were lost that would mean the guitar would be gone too. I'd fantasize about a National for a while, then buy another Liberty and put a McIntyre in it. I have a McIntyre Feather in my mandolin and I'm very pleased with that too.
