Archtop Stereo Rig Question..

[davidandrew]

Hi Everyone, So I have been contemplating something new and was wondering if anyone has done it or if it is possible. What I would like to do is create a stereo rig for my Godin Kingpin. I love the P90 tone but I was wondering is there a way to get a good acoustic tone out of it also? (I am not looking to try and reproduce a Flattop tone just something useable) I would love to run a stereo rig live where I can have a overdriven tone with the P90 and a more acoustic based tone?

Any feedback would be awesome.

Thank you in advance..

[dkwvt]

Take a look down the page and read the dual source thread, there are several good suggestions from players regarding working setups.

[davidandrew]

Thank you I must have overlooked that thread.. Thank you very much

[dkwvt]

Let us know what you are thinking and eventually use. This is an ongoing discussion with plenty of room for another setup.

[jimmy bookout]

You could try the Fishman archtop pickup, here it is:

http://www.fishman.com/product/archtop-guitar-pickup-1

Have your luthier wire it in with a stereo jack. There are other piezo pickups for archtops (K&K, Pickup the world, Schatten, etc)

At that point, you have 2 options:

1. Get a stereo "Y" cable so you would have 2 signals coming out of the guitar, one for the Fishman and one for the P90. Obviously, you now need 2 channels for the guitar on your amp/P.A.

2. Second option (the one I use) is this Pickup the world Stereo Powerplug endpin preamp. It will convert the signal to mono (one cable going to the amp/P.A.), the preamp has volume and gain for both signals so you can adjust balance between the 2 pickup souces. The preamp will work in stereo also and you still need the "Y" cable. It has a switch on the side for "Mono/Stereo". In either case, both pickup signals are now preamped. Here it is (scroll down a ways):

http://www.archtop.com/ac_access.html

I have a Fishman Matrix undersaddle and Kent Armstrong floating pickup on my Eastman Pagelli.

Jimmy