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Old 02-22-2021, 03:40 PM
migs93 migs93 is offline
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Default 1931 Gibson L4 pickup suggestions?

Hi, I have a 1931 Gibson L4 and I am going to be using it as my gigging guitar, I currently have a fishman bridge pickup (made it so no holes were made in the guitar) and a pre amp but it sounds a bit static and overdrives no matter what settings I have on amps. I have a relatively hard picking action too. How do you think I should mic up, or what pickup should I use for gigs?
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Old 02-22-2021, 04:01 PM
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Hi migs93, I have a 1950 Gibson L-50, I have a vintage De Armond floating pickup, works great! to my understanding De Armond was used by Gibson for many years.
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Old 02-22-2021, 04:32 PM
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Hey thank you, I will look it up now!
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Old 03-01-2021, 07:33 PM
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+ 1 for the De Armond floating pickup. I had on on a 1937 L4, sounded great.
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Old 03-04-2021, 05:32 AM
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Thanks guys
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