This can be mitigated with lighter strings but that kinda defeats the purposes for which Dreads were designed in the first place. Nevertheless, a skilled and experienced luthier can adjust the action to be comfortable enough for prolonged playing once the fingertips have toughened up sufficiently.īeyond that, you have to ask yourself how serious you really are about wanting to play a Dreadnought, because a certain amount of introductory pain comes with the territory. The action on an acoustic guitar cannot be lowered to the same level as an electric guitar without introducing mechanical buzzes and rattles which are then amplified by the chamber of its highly resonant hollow body. Depending on how much material was taken off the saddle when they installed the pickup, your action could end up being too low after you remove the pickup.so you'd have to either shim it, or get a new saddle (neither is a very expensive proposition) If you personally like the sound the way it is, then it isn't hurting anything by being there, and there's no reason to do the alterations.
That doesn't mean that is the right move for you. So, even if I did want to plug it in, I'd still pull it out and put a K+K pickup in instead. I personally (and I know there are others on these boards that feel the same way) prefer not to have anything else between my saddle and bridge.
Whether or not that difference in sound is perceptible to you, or is desirable or undesirable is another matter.ģ.) This is totally a matter of taste.you might as well ask what our favorite color is. So, if you pull out the pickup, yes.your action will be lower.Ģ.) Yes.I don't think there's any doubt that putting an additional object between your saddle and bridge has an affect on the sound of the guitar.
#Fishman sonitone in a martin drs1 install#
With that being said.when you install an under the saddle pickup you are supposed to compensate for that by lowering the height of the saddle itself so that the saddle and pickup combined are the same height as the saddle was originally by itself. Thank you in advance for any and all help.ġ.) Yes and no.Yes.it most definitely affects the height of the saddle.because it literally sits directly under the saddle. But have since been told anything under 11 gauge will not sound good. I also ordered a set of Martin FX silk & phos strings. Ended up with a great deal, but I would have never ordered or purchased my Martin with optional electronics. When I went back the next day with extensive research I got the HD-28 basically to make me happy ASAP. The place that sold me the guitar had to make good to me because they originally sold me a Custom D model claiming it was a D-28. Finally, the first question: Do all of you think that the wire under the bridge saddle effects the action height? #2: Do ya think that the natural sound of the guitar is effected by the various bits installed inside of the guitar? #3 Would you remove this system if you have no plans to ever plugging it in? Looks like the same system installed on a DRS1 that I had for a very short period of time. I bought my HD-28 last month pre-owned with what looks like a Fishman Sonitone electronic system installed as a factory option. Anyway, like most electric guitar convert players, my fingers are looking for the lowest action possible without harming the beautiful Martin sound. (BTW, I don't live far from Nazareth, so I was at the 8/3 MOC event. Now that I'm older I'm trying to teach myself acoustic guitar using melody type chords. I've been strumming the electric guitar on and off for the last 43 years.
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