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RE: pickups

SamTheCelloMan — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:43:36 GMT

I Have Heard Great Things About Barbera Pickups. I Have Heard Them And They Sound Good. They Are Custom And Each One Needs To Be Personally Fitted To The Instrument By A Luthier, It Requires Fitting A Barbera Bridge To The Instrument, And Removing The Old One.

Everything's Built Into The Bridge. No Pre-Amp Required (As I've Heard)

Check Them Out

www.barberatransducers.com

Thanks, And Good Luck

RE: pickups

tkeneipp — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:51:58 GMT

I play a lot of bluegrass and we generally do nothing. But if we do need to be amplified we run everything through instrument mics and our PA system, except the bass which is run through it's own small amp. We like the PA system since it does not require us to alter any of our instrument and allow the soloists to move to the forefornt without having to have a sound guy to keep every thing balanced.

RE: pickups

Administrator — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:33:26 GMT

isaac,

I think pickups is probably the way to go at this point. Fishman does make some great stuff http://www.fishman.com/. There's also a UK based company called Headway you could check out: http://www.headwayelectronics.com/index.htm I haven't heard them personally, but have heard good things.

Electric instruments is an option. They are more portable (certainly in the cello's case). Zeta and Yamaha make some great instruments. Obviously this will be more expensive than "electrifying" your bandmates acoustic instruments.

Good luck!

Admin

pickups

eastside_isaac — Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:23:46 GMT

hullo anyone who reads this thread!
i recently invited a violinist to play with myself and my cellist; we play indie/pop type stuff with a heavy emphasis on melody and acoustic sounds (i play acoustic guitar). i am wondering what we need to be considering in terms of amplification.

should my strings (violin and cello) have pickups? if so, i know fishman makes great stuff...any suggestions?

or should we save up for electric instruments? i've seen electric violins and electric cellos that sound surprisingly authentic and are easy as hell to amplify and travel really well through weather.

what should we do? money is certainly an object, but depending upon how serious our performance becomes, we're willing to invest in our sound.

any info would be greatly appreciated!

cheers,
-isaac.