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Better of two pickups for electric mandolin

Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 1:05 am
by mezzio13
I have a Lace silver and a Bill Lawrence XL450 (think a hot rails only a little more bitey). My (super cheap) electricmandolin came with an extra noisy single coil in it. Which would you use OF THE TWO? Any why? I'm not buying anything.

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 5:40 pm
by mezzio13
So, this was helpful.

Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:22 pm
by Thom
Lace silver, I'm not a rails fan.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:03 am
by Stuart
Lace silver too.

I think with the lace sensor it will sound more of mandolin and less of pickup, the XL450 might bring too much of it's self to the sound... Either that or it will make your mandolin sound like clapton's strat in which case use the other one.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:39 am
by mezzio13
Stuart wrote:Either that or it will make your mandolin sound like clapton's strat in which case use the other one.
l@l

I was leaning towards the Lace myself, but the match up so weirdly sometimes that I wanted input. I ruled out regular singles since the poles would not even be close to lining up. So these were the two I have that aren't really committed to anything.

Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 12:54 am
by Stuart
what about something like this or any little piezo duberry for that matter. They are relative inexpensive but I cannot attest to their quality.

When I've used none guitars; mandolins, banjos, ukulele and junk that you bang and scrape, it's just been done by standing near a mic, which is a bit of a pain but you get used to it. Come to think of it I've done guitar that way too.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:38 pm
by Dave
DO THA ZOMBIE BUMP.

Going through the threads to move to this subforum I cam across this thrad. Mezz - what eMando have you got and what pup did you go for?