What pickups Dave Uses at his Martin DM3MD and the Taylos?

OferTsur · Post by **OferTsur** » Sun May 27, 2007 1:26 am

All I know that uses the Gold Plus Natural 2 at the Martin HD-28V...

UNCcrombie · Post by **UNCcrombie** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:27 am

the ES in the taylor's i believe, i dont think he has the fishmans in them

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:30 am

I'm pretty sure he doesnt use the ES in the Taylors because he got them before that came out.

I think he is Fishman all the way.

SRVDMB · Post by **SRVDMB** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:24 pm

How much do those go for? I would be very interested in buying one down the road a ways.

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:51 pm

Dude, just get a Jerry Jones Baritone and a pair of flannel pajamas.

I will never understand why someone would buy something just because someone famous has it. I thik Dave's tone sucks. If you disagree I say you haven't really explored your tonal options.

Im calling you out for wanting to buy a product which you know nothing about because Dave Matthews has it.

Find your own sound poser

MakoMako · Post by **MakoMako** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:00 pm

SRVDMB wrote:How much do those go for? I would be very interested in buying one down the road a ways.

Just to answer the question, the Fishman go north of $100, I think close to $150 in some places. I don't think the Fishman are really that bad, but they aren't anything amazing either.

The ES in the Taylor guitars has a lot of good reviews, and was actually voted Best Acoustic Pick-Up last year I think, I'm not too sure, but it's quite good. Don't be afraid to explore some of your options as far as pick-ups go, since that is vital to your plugged in sound.

ericwormann · Post by **ericwormann** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:28 pm

Kahn wrote:Dude, just get a Jerry Jones Baritone and a pair of flannel pajamas.

I will never understand why someone would buy something just because someone famous has it. I thik Dave's tone sucks. If you disagree I say you haven't really explored your tonal options.

Im calling you out for wanting to buy a product which you know nothing about because Dave Matthews has it.

Find your own sound poser

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:30 pm

ericwormann wrote:
Kahn wrote:Dude, just get a Jerry Jones Baritone and a pair of flannel pajamas.

I will never understand why someone would buy something just because someone famous has it. I thik Dave's tone sucks. If you disagree I say you haven't really explored your tonal options.

Im calling you out for wanting to buy a product which you know nothing about because Dave Matthews has it.

Find your own sound poser

pacific34 · Post by **pacific34** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 12:16 pm

Kahn wrote:Dude, just get a Jerry Jones Baritone and a pair of flannel pajamas.

I will never understand why someone would buy something just because someone famous has it. I thik Dave's tone sucks. If you disagree I say you haven't really explored your tonal options.

Im calling you out for wanting to buy a product which you know nothing about because Dave Matthews has it.

Find your own sound poser

I will never understand why some people try WAY too hard to be Anti-Dave, yet spend most of there time on DMBTABS. It's tired.

Kahn · Post by **Kahn** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:44 pm

Its not anti-Dave... You are all sheeple

davemathews48 · Post by **davemathews48** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:18 pm

Kahn wrote:I will never understand why someone would buy something just because someone famous has it. I thik Dave's tone sucks. If you disagree I say you haven't really explored your tonal options.

Im calling you out for wanting to buy a product which you know nothing about because Dave Matthews has it.

Find your own sound poser

There's absolutely nothing wrong with being interested in what Dave uses. He's a pro and has a lot of experience a lot of others don't have. He knows what sounds good or not and buying something he uses probably means it's not a piece of shit.

Carter plays a Yamaha Recording Custom set... if I had the money I'd buy it. It sounds amazing, and just because he plays it doesn't mean it would make me a poser.

Brian M.D. · Post by **Brian M.D.** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:27 pm

davematthews48 wrote:i'm not a poser

alrighty then davematthews.

pjdk28 · Post by **pjdk28** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:37 am

dave probably has no clue (or very little) what goes into his amplification scheme. He has guitar tech's and sound engineers that do the technicals for him. On tour he doesn't even change strings. He plays the music, thats it.

For that matter, there is a lot more in the pipeline than just the pickup and the speakers. There are reverbboxes, modulators, mixers....the point is that the pick-up is only partially of what you're going to hear at a concert. In contrast, whatever you hear on studio albums was likely recorded through a mic, not a pick-up.

This means that if you had Dave's exact guitar and exact pickup, you will still not get that tone. Perhaps if you specify what tone you are looking for, and under what conditions you plan to use it, someone can point you towards what you need.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:44 am

pjdk28 wrote:dave probably has no clue (or very little) what goes into his amplification scheme. He has guitar tech's and sound engineers that do the technicals for him. On tour he doesn't even change strings. He plays the music, thats it.

For that matter, there is a lot more in the pipeline than just the pickup and the speakers. There are reverbboxes, modulators, mixers....the point is that the pick-up is only partially of what you're going to hear at a concert. In contrast, whatever you hear on studio albums was likely recorded through a mic, not a pick-up.

This means that if you had Dave's exact guitar and exact pickup, you will still not get that tone. Perhaps if you specify what tone you are looking for, and under what conditions you plan to use it, someone can point you towards what you need.

This is spot on. Without $1000+ each units, great quality amps and stacks, reverb, delay, compression. . . . . . you will never get to what you hear at a Dave Matthews Band show.

Additionally, I find it difficult to believe you'd actually want that sound, considering it's designed to cut through a thick band mix. On its own, it would sound shittayyyy.

RunsWithBuffalo · Post by **RunsWithBuffalo** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:33 am

SimsUK wrote:
pjdk28 wrote:dave probably has no clue (or very little) what goes into his amplification scheme. He has guitar tech's and sound engineers that do the technicals for him. On tour he doesn't even change strings. He plays the music, thats it.

For that matter, there is a lot more in the pipeline than just the pickup and the speakers. There are reverbboxes, modulators, mixers....the point is that the pick-up is only partially of what you're going to hear at a concert. In contrast, whatever you hear on studio albums was likely recorded through a mic, not a pick-up.

This means that if you had Dave's exact guitar and exact pickup, you will still not get that tone. Perhaps if you specify what tone you are looking for, and under what conditions you plan to use it, someone can point you towards what you need.
This is spot on. Without $1000+ each units, great quality amps and stacks, reverb, delay, compression. . . . . . you will never get to what you hear at a Dave Matthews Band show.

Additionally, I find it difficult to believe you'd actually want that sound, considering it's designed to cut through a thick band mix. On its own, it would sound shittayyyy.

Agreed, even though the benoroya hall dvd is sweet and good quality, i hate his guitar sound in it. That taylor sounds very tinny and weak on its own. I am glad to see that he is using his martins again at acoustic shows, they sound so much better in that type of setting.