I am excited to see more with regards to this experiment. All I know is that, that rectangle strip is the same exact one that’s used on their mandolin/bouzouki models and it sounds great. In those, the strip is attached to the backside of the saddle/bridge and the tone is remarkably mic-like. What I think will happen is you will get a large tone with more volume but more piezo tonality present. I think there’s a reason why Schatten added the base. With that said, even if it sounds a bit more like a pickup, it could be an awesome option vs the superglued SBT pickups out there.
I have a few HFN pickups. One came with a damaged base that they just let me keep. I should try this experiment on my guitar as well. I too think their blended option with two pickups and volume controls for each but with a mono output is pretty awesome.
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