Re: Mandola - Tonedexter Settings & Pickup Questions
Concerning pick-up in an oval hole mandola: It might be hard to place the two elements of the K&K twin in the perfect spot. What I normally do is try to find the perfect spot from the outside: Hold it on various ares of the top and listen to it through a speaker using my usual preamp. Then I see if I can reach that spots through the hole on the inside, but sometimes it's simply not possible or braces are in the way.
Last time I did that I then tried various pickups: K&K twin, Dazzo, Baggs Radius (the latter two have only one element which makes it a lot easier) and opted for Dazzo in a Mandola and a Baggs Radius in a sound hole mandolin.
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