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Dave's acoustic pickup

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Curious, what kind of pickup does dave use? I'm sure he uses a couple different ones. I am looking to buy one for my acoustic, sadly you can't try them all out, as you can guitars. Any suggestions?
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Definitely get a Sans Amp. i dont know much about them but i know that they are external (and go after the pickup)... the like SUPER boost your pickup's acoustic sound to make your guitar sound super better... dave and tim used these a lot and probably still do. As for the pickup... im quite happy with the fishman matrix 2 or whatever.

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Re: Dave's acoustic pickup

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The Man of The Hour wrote:Curious, what kind of pickup does dave use? I'm sure he uses a couple different ones. I am looking to buy one for my acoustic, sadly you can't try them all out, as you can guitars. Any suggestions?
the only pickup I would ever use again is an L.R. Baggs I-Beam...

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they're slowly but surely making a big splash...elderly instruments I believe is the biggest acoustic guitar dealer in the country and they all endorse that pickup over anything by a landslide...
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The LLC book says they (dave and tim) used Fishman Gold Natural 2's on the tour.
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gcom007 wrote:
The Man of The Hour wrote:Curious, what kind of pickup does dave use? I'm sure he uses a couple different ones. I am looking to buy one for my acoustic, sadly you can't try them all out, as you can guitars. Any suggestions?
the only pickup I would ever use again is an L.R. Baggs I-Beam...

http://www.lrbaggs.com

they're slowly but surely making a big splash...elderly instruments I believe is the biggest acoustic guitar dealer in the country and they all endorse that pickup over anything by a landslide...
does the i-beam work with a 12-string? i have a friend that wants to put a pickup in his 12-string and he's looking for a good one.
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madtadder wrote:
gcom007 wrote:
The Man of The Hour wrote:Curious, what kind of pickup does dave use? I'm sure he uses a couple different ones. I am looking to buy one for my acoustic, sadly you can't try them all out, as you can guitars. Any suggestions?
the only pickup I would ever use again is an L.R. Baggs I-Beam...

http://www.lrbaggs.com

they're slowly but surely making a big splash...elderly instruments I believe is the biggest acoustic guitar dealer in the country and they all endorse that pickup over anything by a landslide...
does the i-beam work with a 12-string? i have a friend that wants to put a pickup in his 12-string and he's looking for a good one.
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Listener Supported

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Anyone know what kind pickup Dave has on the Eric Clapton model Martin on Listener Supported?
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you mean the dm3md? the DAVE MATTHEWS signature martin?
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my bad...

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my bad...i was looking at the wrong pic on a website...but i think you know what i meant....
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the dm3md comes standard with a martin/fishman transducer pickup, but im not positive that thats what dave has in his.
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i can't find the dm martin on martin's website... anyone know where it is?
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it's not really on the web site since they don't sell it anymore, but you can go <a href="http://www.pro-music-news.com/html/03/e ... m">here</a>. it's basically the same page that martin used to have up.
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