Schatten TC Series Pickups for Tricone Resonator Guitars
TC Pickups Are Designed Specifically For Tricones
The TC series of pickups
provide a really good sounding pickup that can be
mounted quickly and easily to Tricone instruments without
having to drill any holes for anything when installing the TC Std or
TC Pro passive
versions.
The TC's in passive format are available with your choice of either an endpin jack or one of two jack assemblies (one with a volume control) - both of which simply adhere to the instrument and snuggle in right next to to the tailpiece.
The MVC jack assemblies give you a much more secure and reliable mounting for an output jack assembly than anything that clamps to the side of the instrument. These jack assemblies, which nestle in right next to the tail piece, are only a half an inch high.
For those players who want an on board preamp, the TC-A is the active version in the lineup and combines the TC sensor with our Artist II endpin jack preamp that may be run from phantom power - so no battery need be installed.
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Details
Features:
* Installs quickly - the sensing element attaches to the side of
the 'T' bridge with 3M VHB tape adhesive.
* Excellent feedback resistance.
* Light weight. Does not alter the acoustic sound of the
instrument.
* No modifications necessary - The Std and Pro model passive pickup systems may be
mounted without drilling any holes.
* Superb Sound.
If you wish to have a preamp onboard
then the TC-A provides you with an TC sensor combined with our
Artist II endpin jack preamp (that doesn't require an onboard
battery).
Clean, clear sound reproduction.
In passive format, this pickup has been designed to operate properly and sound terrific
without the use of a preamp when plugged into any 'normal' amp (guitar
amp, bass amp, etc.). As with any passive pickup, the sound can be
further enhanced with an outboard preamp. If you require the added ability to be able to plug directly into a
P.A. or mixer then you may wish to add either one of our new
Mini Pre belt clipable preamps or one of our
Preamp/DI units to
your pickup system.
The low profile
jack assembly is only 1/2" high and may be mounted either from a
thin stand-off plate that adheres securely to the area under the
tailpiece or may be mounted directly to the top with 3M VHB tape.
The MVCplus with volume control (shown right) provides a
non-invasive means of putting an output jack assembly on a reso
without damage.
Pictures
TC Player with endpin jack
TC Std with MVC Jack Assembly
TC Pro with MVCplus with volume control
TC-A with Artist II Endpin Jack Preamp
Artists
John McFee, a long time multi-instrumentalist with the Doobie
Brothers uses and endorses Schatten Pickups.
"The Schatten TC pickups in my tricones sound as good as if the
guitar had a live mike in front of it."
John is also an endorsee of Rebublic Guitars and owns 3 tricones,
each with TC pickups and 3 Schatten Preamp/DI boxes.
www.doobiebrothers.net/biography/john-mcfee
".. I like the Schatten TC pickup
very, very much!!
It's natural sounding, get's that great "cone-tone" and it
captures the "honk" and the overtones of my tricone!! I've tried
some pickups of the same kind as the Schatten but no one comes
close!
Sure, I could get nice sounds from other's as well but
that took a lot of EQ work and testing pre-amps.. The TC I just
plug in to any amp or PA and it sounds great right away!!! And
it's more evenly balanced between treble and bass strings.. I love
that!
For me, the most important feature from a resonator
PU is the way it can reproduce the sound of the cone, and not just
sound like any acoustic guitar. The TC does this in a very
practical and convincing way!!
Thank you Schatten Design!!..
Johan Eliasson a.k.a. Bottleneck John, Sweden
www.bottleneckjohn.com
www.johaneliasson.com/BJTD.htm
"The TC passive pickup completes the circle for me as far as amplifying my tricone goes. I have investigated all avenues for this particular issue and the TC definitely fits the bill.
I use it alongside a magnetic pick up which covers
my mid/low frequencies while the TC covers the mid/higher
frequencies. This gives me the perfect amount of piezo talk with
an impressive balanced sound across the bridge and fret board.
The TC complements the magnetic pickup, my finger picking and
slide work fantastically. I play in a lot of varying live
performance situations and the TC doesn't choke in these gigs. We
all should remember that we are reproducing and imitating
Resonator sounds with pickups and not trying to get the exact
acoustic steel sound because that will never happen.
With that in mind the TC passive successfully gives me the right
amount of light and shade I need for a great performance. Good
stuff Schatten!
Kurt Williams and The Kurt Williams Band
www.kurtwilliams.net
Dan is a multi-instrumentalist and he uses the RG-03 reso pickups on his Dobro type instruments and the TC pickups on his tricones.
"I use the TC in my Republic Tri-Cone resonator and
this pickup sounds warm & nasty while retaining the
characteristics of the steel body that I love so much." - Dan
Walsh
www.baritonedan.com
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.
