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Mark Knopfler Discussion => Mark Knopfler Discussion Forum => Topic started by: primi on January 01, 2018, 04:59:26 PM

Title: Martin acoustic
Post by: primi on January 01, 2018, 04:59:26 PM

Hi everybody,

do we have any information about the pickups Mark uses in his Martin 000-40 acoustic? I think his signature edition Martin made a while back had no pickups installed but when he plays his acoustics he's plugged in and there is no soundhole pickup visible and no buttons on the side. Anybody knows anything about that?

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Title: Re: Martin acoustic
Post by: kaleo74 on January 01, 2018, 10:19:52 PM

Hi,
This might help

Look at Microphones and Blended Systems:

https://reverb.com/news/choosing-the-right-pickup-for-your-acoustic-guitar

Title: Re: Martin acoustic
Post by: border_reiver on January 01, 2018, 10:25:13 PM

If I recall, Martin installed Fishman from factory.

However this doesn't say anything about the actual pickup used by MK.

Title: Re: Martin acoustic
Post by: quizzaciously on January 01, 2018, 10:31:16 PM

http://www.highlanderpickups.com

Try these, they're gorgeous. Mark uses them in Nationals, but it will work on acoustics, too. Just a different type of a pickup.

Title: Re: Martin acoustic
Post by: primi on January 01, 2018, 11:33:22 PM

I also found this

http://www.guitarsite.com/best-acoustic-guitar-pickup/

informative. But most of these solutions are visible so who knows what he's using. I've been looking into acoustic guitars lately but none of those piezo pickups that come preinstalled in electro-acoustics are very convincing to me.

It won't be an expensive guitar so going crazy with some after market pickup most likely doesn't make a lot of sense. But it will still have to be something that I like. Lots of manufacturers are indeed using Fishman pickups of some sort.

Title: Re: Martin acoustic
Post by: Ingo on January 06, 2018, 03:36:31 PM

I think Guy once mentioned L.R. Baggs for the Martins, many years ago. Not sure if this is still true.