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Old 02-21-2018, 10:47 AM
landolaguitar landolaguitar is offline
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Default Vintage DeArmond soundhole pickups pros/cons

Hi, I’m looking for some input on the famous dearmond soundhole pickups as used by lightning Hopkins, Elmore James etc. I play a hard driving rhythm in a rockabilly band, I was considering putting a dearmond in one of my guitars (sigma dst 1) to get a more electric tone. My concerns are that I play pretty hard, do they move around a lot? And do I need a separate preamp for them. Any input feedback is appreciated
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Old 02-21-2018, 11:36 AM
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I know it's not the style you're thinking of, but I used a DeArmond 220 in a cowpunk band. It's a humbucker from the late 70s. Has a spring loaded mounting bracket that holds it very tight. I plugged into a DOD FX10 Bi Fet preamp into a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. Sounded great!
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Old 02-21-2018, 11:52 AM
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Sounds interesting I’ll look into one of those!
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Old 02-21-2018, 02:51 PM
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I have one that I once used while gigging, I've had it since around 1980. For your use, I'd think they'd work great. It's more of a hollow-body electric guitar voice than unamplified acoustic guitar voice, but for roots rock, that's the thing.

I plugged straight in to a regular Fender Princeton electric guitar amp. Seemed to have plenty of gain without a preamp. I believe it's a single coil, but for that it's not a low output pickup.

The spring loaded clips are very stable. Mine has the roller volume knob that I kept hitting with my pick, so there's been tape over it for decades.
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Old 02-21-2018, 09:17 PM
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One of the newer ones will work. I have the A-345c and it has more of an electric sound than acoustic. Volume control and adjustable polepieces. Decent output, tough sounding pickup. A preamp will give you even more punch.
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Old 02-22-2018, 07:27 AM
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..i have a late fifties compensated B model that sounds fantastic...it fits snug and the volume wheel actually adjusts the tone a bit too so theres some versatility...i've had mine for about twenty years in 5 or 6 different guitars....its not picky about strings...particularly killer for slide guitar playing...
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Old 02-23-2018, 10:46 AM
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That sounds very encouraging guys, any ideas thoughts about using a pedalninto a pa for a little more grit?
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