Brazer
Jan-03-2009, 4:57pm
Hi there. I'm new here, and just started playing the mandolin. I'd been playing the fiddle on and off for many years. Some distractions over time. Anyway I like the mandolin and tried a neat way to amplify it.
I use what I have for my fiddle. I use a Signal/Flex SF20 guitar tuner pickup with the suction-cup. I lengthened the cable, making it longer and just stick it on the fiddle, on the bass bar side to the right of the f hole but behind bridge. Not under it.This gets plugged into a Hartke A35 Amp. It works great. I tried it on the mandolin attaching the suction cup to the same area on left of mandolin and presto the best sound coming out of this cheap Sentura F style mandolin.
What do you think?
I use what I have for my fiddle. I use a Signal/Flex SF20 guitar tuner pickup with the suction-cup. I lengthened the cable, making it longer and just stick it on the fiddle, on the bass bar side to the right of the f hole but behind bridge. Not under it.This gets plugged into a Hartke A35 Amp. It works great. I tried it on the mandolin attaching the suction cup to the same area on left of mandolin and presto the best sound coming out of this cheap Sentura F style mandolin.
What do you think?