Schatten MT Series For Flat Top Mandolins
Ebony Custom Bridge With Built In Full Range Pickup
...choosing a pickup for an flat top mando?
The MT-Series will give you a
truly warm and wonderfully accurate sound. All MT pickups utilize the
same high performance full length oversize piezo element built into a
high quality ebony bridge and deliver great response and good tonal
balance.
Features:
Clarity
Superior volume and balance from string to string.
Cleaner, crisper sound reproduction than ever before.
Secure - The MVC jack assemblies that come with the M-02 Std and M-02 Pro give you a much more secure and reliable mounting for an output jack assembly than anything that clamps to the side of the instrument. The jack assembly, which nestles in right next to the tail piece, is only a half an inch high and mounts to the tailpiece (not to the body).
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Details
Features:
Ease of installation The jack assembly,
available with or without a volume control simply adheres to the
underside of the tailpiece.
Clean, clear sound reproduction
This pickup has been designed to operate properly and sound good
without the use of a preamp when plugged into any 'normal' amp
(guitar amp, bass amp, etc.). As with any pickup, the sound can be
further enhanced and EQ'd with an outboard preamp. If you require
the added ability to be able to plug directly into a P.A. or mixer
on a regular or occasional basis, then you may wish to add one of
our Preamp/DI units to your pickup system.
Pictures
MT (non-terminated)
MT Std with MVC Jack Assembly
MT Pro with MVCplus Jack Assembly with volume control
Technical
MT Dimensions
More About The Jacks: The MVC jack assemblies, with our exclusive tailpiece mounting, is much more secure and less likely to damage an instrument than the older 'clamp-on' type of jack assembly. The underside of the jack assembly has a protective felt backing so as not to scratch the surface of the instrument.
An
exploded view of the jack mounting illustrates how the jack
assembly attaches to the underside of the the tailpiece with 3M
VHB foam tape.
Reviews
Hi Les,
My name is Ryan Jones and I'm the fiddle/mandolin
player for the LoCash Cowboys (www.locashcowboys.com), a new
country duo from Nashville, TN. A year ago I purchased a Tacoma
mandolin and had the Schatten Mandolin MT-Series Pickup installed
by Dave at Nashville Violins.
After a year of touring with it (for over 200 shows) I
can say it is, by far, the best mandolin pickup I have ever used!
The sound quality and responsiveness is unparalleled and is
superior to any other pickup on the market. I receive compliments
on how sweet and clear the mandolin sounds and I always let people
know that I use a Schatten Pickup.
Thank you guys for making such a terrific
product and keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
Ryan Jones
www.ryanjones.net
www.myspace.com/ryanjonesnet
About Pickups and Amplification
Terminology
Passive Pickup - A piezo pickup.
Impedance - To simplify things as much as posssible we'll say that impedance refers to the range in which an amplifying device can 'hear' a pickup plugged into it.
Preamp - A device specifically designed for use with piezo pickups that increases the signal strength and lowers the impedance of a passive pickup.
Active Pickup - A piezo pickup with an attached preamp.
Microphone Preamp - a device that may be built into P.A.systems and mixers that is designed to work with microphones. These units will not generally work with passive pickups.
'Normal' Electric Guitar Amps: A passive pickup has an impedance of approximately 2 mega ohms (2 million ohms) which virtually all 'normal' electric guitar amps can generally handle without issue.
'Acoustic' Amps: may or may not require the use of a preamp with a pickup and that will depend upon whether or not there is a special built in preamp section to that amp that specifically allows for the choice in plugging in either a passive (non-preamped) or active (preamped) pickup. This choice is quite often in the form of pushbutton on the amp's control panel. Many acoustic amps show a selection that may indicate the choice of 'high impedance' and 'low impedance'.
Low impedance in these instances usually indicates that in this range the amp will handle an impedance of 1000 ohms or less - which will allow active pickups with preamps to be used.
High impedance in these instances may indicate an allowable impedance into the 2 or 3 mega ohm range - which will allow passive pickups to be used. Or it may indicate a maximum input impedance allowed of 20,000 ohms or less - which will handle magnetic electric guitar pickups but not passive pickups. You should carefully read the technical specifications of your acoustic amp in order to see what it will do.
P.A. Systems, Mixers: all of these units will require the use of a preamp between themselves and a passive pickup. Microphone preamps built into P.A.'s and mixers are not designed for use with passive pickups and will not work properly.
Computers: Due to the vagaries and variables inherent in the sound cards found in computers, the only thing that we can advise is that a preamp will almost certainly be necessary.
