Class Project sound file

[slausonm]

Thought people may want to hear a brief clip of the prototype mandolin. It has my school-made single coil pickup. 5.9K with Alnico magnets. ~ 8000 wraps of 42 guage.

The person playing is a faculty member at our school. he is a very good guitar player and only dabbles in the mandolin. The sound clip was recorded on an I-phone then converted to mp3, so quality of sound probably suffers.

I'm pretty excited that it works...and to me sounds pretty good.
Matt

[Chinn]

Very Nice Matt. Great to hear sound from the project.

Would you change anything about your pickup on future editions?

We need pics too!

[Mandobart]

Good job Matt! Sounds like an 8-stringer, is it? I would like to see pics, too.

[slausonm]

Very Nice Matt. Great to hear sound from the project.

Would you change anything about your pickup on future editions?

We need pics too!

Hello Chinn,
Disclaimer: I'm a novice!
What I like about the sound of the pickup and my e-mandolin, is that it sounds to me like a mandolin and not a small guitar. I know there are some here that like it the other way. I plan on trying to keep accurate number data about the pickups to figure out what seems to sound best. I have about 20 of these to wind and hope to keep them between 5.5 and 6K. Physically I could cut the size of the top and bottom plate of the pickup. This would allow me to move it around a bit more for optimum positioning. Overall I like my initial venture into pickup making. I'm pretty excited that it even works.

As far as the mando body goes, I don't like the neck joint I designed it seems to work well but it is a pita to lineup and drill correctly. I have many things to work out, and on top of that I keep thinking of cool things we could try...humbucker preamp circuit I have a low attention span. I'm attracted to shiny things.