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Re: OT - acoustic pickups, etc



Zappa used to put a Barcus Berry Dot pickup in the neck of is Strat.  
You can hear it on Apostrophe.
On Dec 7, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Daryl Shawn wrote:

> Ah, there's a nice idea. Searching for "transducer nut guitar" comes  
> up with very few results, but I did find a Larry Cooperman who  
> mentioned one - interestingly, in a LD post (still here, Larry??).  
> I've emailed him to see his thoughts. thanks!
>
> Daryl Shawn
> www.swanwelder.com
> www.chinapaintingmusic.com
>
>> Regarding the headstock pickup, it just occurred to me that maybe  
>> some type of under-saddle transducer might work under the nut? That  
>> would be less bulky, and perhaps pick up more of the strings'  
>> vibrations than a stick-on transducer somewhere on the headstock.  
>> Just a thought...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jon
>