So my housemate got me a little cheap pickup for Christmas ☃️🎄 and I do not really know where to put it...I've only ever seen Sierra Hull have one kind of kitty-corner from her bridge. Does it matter where I stick it?
So my housemate got me a little cheap pickup for Christmas ☃️🎄 and I do not really know where to put it...I've only ever seen Sierra Hull have one kind of kitty-corner from her bridge. Does it matter where I stick it?
Worlds okay-ist mandolin player
Relative newcomer
Weber Yellowstone F (2015)
Red Valley EM (2018)
Howard Morris Blue A4 (2023)
Flatiron 1N (1982)
https://youtube.com/@zachwilson54?si=iGum4xPlSj0pbcjj
I mounted mine as Zach shows. Worked well. I went to internal because I got annoyed by the clamp-on mount for the cord. I kept stepping on the cord and pulling the assembly off.
Girouard A
Silverangel A
Eastman 615
Q: Does it matter where I stick it?
A: you can try a number of locations and see which part of the top gives you the sound you prefer.
Move it around..
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
Behind the bridge under the strings, as in Zach's photo is also my choice, but next to the bass rather than the treble strings. "Hiding" the pickup under the strings means there is no danger of hitting it with your hand, sleeve or whatever, which, though it sounds interesting is usually unintentional and seldom appropriate.
"Give me a mandolin and I'll play you rock 'n' roll" (Keith Moon)
That is where my old Schertler went on my Lebeda right behind the bridge, under the strings ..
But, I cannot make a Declaration as to what's right for your mandolin, sight unseen (or heard) ..
My Mix A5 , Peter put the installed version, right under the treble end of the bridge base's foot.
You may have to make up your own mind, as I said, by experimentation..
...
writing about music
is like dancing,
about architecture
I am so bad about responses...smh. I took your advice and mounted mine in the same place exactly almost. Due to the nature of the pickup (it is piezoelectric ) it does not work so well. That may have to do with my choice of material I mounted it with (sticky tack, as to avoid damage to the finish) rather than the pickup itself. I do not know, but I say thank you all the same.
Bear in mind that it’s not entirely down to where you stick it or what you stick it with. What you plug it into will have a major influence on how well it works.
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