Fishman Spider pick-up, 2008 Nashville series

[Chris Eaton]

Hello,

I'm thinking about buying one of these for my Gold Tone reso. Does anyone have one or heard one in action ? Jerry Douglas uses it, with a pre amp, so they must be pretty good. I have tried Fishman's previous reso pick-up but found it too thin/toppy.

www.fishman.com/products/details.asp?id=98

Thanks for any feedback.

Regards,

Chris.

[tonyholmes]

Thanks for pointing this out, I'm surprised I've not seen something like this before!! Sorry I can't help with advice, but thanks for the heads-up!

T.

[honeyboy]

Chris,

I have one of these pickups on my Beard Type R, and it provides a great input trigger to an 'Aura' imaging pedal.



The pickup signal on its own is quite disappointing, but feed it into a Aura DI Spectrum or a Jerry Douglas Aura Imaging Pedal (loaded with the correct acoustic images for your instrument) and you will be delighted with the results.


Jerry Douglas Aura


Aura DI Spectrum

You'll also need an adjustable spider bridge like this to get a good setup

[Chris Eaton]

Thanks for this, Honey Boy, very helpful.

[honeyboy]

This video of Paul Beard talking about this style of pickup installation might be of further interest too..