I usually keep one acoustic guitar stung with silk-and-steel strings (my arthritis acts up now and then, and the low tension's easier on the joints, plus i really like the warmth; they're the most "mellow" of acoustic strings on D'Addario's "mellow/bright" chart.
I'd always bought into the conventional wisdom that pole pickups --vs saddle or under-bridge transducers(?)-- couldn't respond to acoustic guitar strings. then i stumbled on a post showing how D'Add silk-and-steel strings sound through a sound-hole pickup. (they're wound with a kind of silver plating, not bronze.
well, i tried some on my AR403, and after pickup and pole-piece height adjustments for string balance, the kent armstrong quite liked them. i'm keeping them on.
yup, tone and style are personal, but for me it was a very good discovery that i figured i'd pass along.
cheers,
I'd always bought into the conventional wisdom that pole pickups --vs saddle or under-bridge transducers(?)-- couldn't respond to acoustic guitar strings. then i stumbled on a post showing how D'Add silk-and-steel strings sound through a sound-hole pickup. (they're wound with a kind of silver plating, not bronze.
well, i tried some on my AR403, and after pickup and pole-piece height adjustments for string balance, the kent armstrong quite liked them. i'm keeping them on.
yup, tone and style are personal, but for me it was a very good discovery that i figured i'd pass along.
cheers,
eastman ar403ce
eastman ac222ce-ov
taylor 322 12 fret
recording king, series 11-000
recording king ro-328
godin exit 22
eastman ac222ce-ov
taylor 322 12 fret
recording king, series 11-000
recording king ro-328
godin exit 22
