Re: Would you install a pickup on your expensive ($3k+) mando?
Piezo pickups are not obsolete. They improve in quality but they're a large part of the pickup market.
I had Eddie Blevins put a K&K twin in the octave mandolin he recently built for me. Never thought twice about it and it meets your monetary standard. One of my Breedloves has a K&K, the other has a Schertler. I use an L.R. Baggs on (not in) my Gibson. All are piezo. I move around a lot on stage and a pickup is mandatory.
David Hopkins
2001 Gibson F-5L mandolin
Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
Gibson F-4 mandolin (1916); Blevins f-style Octave mandolin, 2018
McCormick Oval Sound Hole "Reinhardt" Mandolin
McCormick Solid Body F-Style Electric Mandolin; Slingerland Songster Guitar (c. 1939)
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