Reed mounted bug/pickup

[Jules]

Anyone got- or know where I can get- one of those rather nasty reed/neck pickups for sax? I’ve got a bit of stuff coming up trying to fake a Van Der Graaf Generator/Hot Rats era Zappa sort of sound and thought one of these would do the job nicely. Plus- I seem to remember they work well with guitar effects too…..

 

[Melissa]

Do you mean you wish to have one put on the actual neck of your sax?

 

[ProfJames]

Can't you get a mouthpiece does does similar? That is, amplifed..

 

[Melissa]

 

[ProfJames]

They used them on older mouthpieces I believe? Other forum members will help with my memory lapse here please.....

 

[Melissa]

Do you mean

http://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_sh4001_tonabnehmer.htm

 

[Jules]

Do you mean

http://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_sh4001_tonabnehmer.htm

Yes- that's the one, I had one which was long and flat & strapped onto the reed under the lig- really 'hard' sound, quite nasty but very Zappa/ VDGG.... thanks

 

[Nick Wyver]

That'd be like the one you sold me for two and ninepence a while ago cos you thought nobody else would want it then?

 

[Jules]

Precisely- my desire to do the 1970s 'electric sax' thing is something of a one off
.. and, as you'll know, that's pretty much what its good for

 

[Nick Wyver]

I'd offer to lend it but I haven't found it since we moved house and it's glued to a plastic (Bari) sop reed.

 

[Jules]

Might invest in one of the Thomann ones- add to my arsenal of daft noises.......

 

[ProfJames]

Would a Sandvik 6 point or a Diston 10 point produce a sound like a tenor and an alto?

 

[Ads]

Why has someone stuck the jack socket off a fender strat on a Saw ?

 

[Jules]

Why has someone stuck the jack socket off a fender strat on a Saw ?

See- "arsenal of daft noises" ... http://indexdrums.com/jacksaw/

 

[Ads]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeird ......

 

[Pete Thomas]

See here:

WTB- Under reed pick-up

 

[Nick Wyver]

See here:

http://cafesaxophone.com/community/threads/wtb-under-reed-pick-up.7220/

Wow! Deja vu.

 

[Jules]

Ah yes....my sound engineer guru at work again- every so often the ides of recording with his space rock band comes while we're out drinking - i think both post relate to that..... does it count as a double post as they are Two years apart?

 

[Ivan]

Ah yes....my sound engineer guru at work again- every so often the ides of recording with his space rock band comes while we're out drinking - i think both post relate to that..... does it count as a double post as they are Two years apart?

Quadruple post

2 posts times 2 years = 4

 

[MMM]

Anyone got- or know where I can get- one of those rather nasty reed/neck pickups for sax? I’ve got a bit of stuff coming up trying to fake a Van Der Graaf Generator/Hot Rats era Zappa sort of sound and thought one of these would do the job nicely. Plus- I seem to remember they work well with guitar effects too…..

Jules, I have a C-Ducer pickup from the 80s, let me know if you're interested.
M.