Supertone Archtop: Acoustic vs. K & K Pickup vs. SM57 Mic vs. Pickup and Mic combined

[AlperKongen]

whats the song? :D

[themachinist1000]

Great guitar, great sound and amazing playing. You're a true blues fella! Is this one of the "proper" Crates? I've been told that the US made ones, which are no longer being manufactured are the best in the world. Where oh where can I get a second hand one... :/

[Uprightest]

2nd set up is definitely the lest favorable to my ears.....the SM57 sounds dang decent....pretty surprising!

[vinniedurrant]

loved that quivering solo from 3:15 - 3:19

[wartree]

i think the guitar shines acoustic

[HeadSledge]

Thats a badass song

[vinniedurrant]

I reakon the first setup sounded the best to me, The mic seemed to muffle the tone a bit.

[miyamuki]

@vinniedurrant couldn't agree more

[joakimhellgren]

Are you recording this right into a audio interface or is this recorded through an amp before it goes in to the audio interface? Great playing

[MSB76]

@joakimhellgren Thanks. Just recording with a cheap Casio camera mounted on a tripod in front of me. No connection to the amp.

[WTFRawrtube]

In this tuning you could play country/blue grass System Of A Down songs XD *If you like this suggestion do Kill Rock n Roll! :P*

Good sound! Very high and rich and good playing as well man! :D

[GameLevelEditor]

Good driving mojo!

[StandardMeasurement]

Great demo here.. each sound has it's charms.. I think what's helping is a great sounding guitar-Mojo w/out too much jangle/overkill- very thoughtful experiment- I just did a random YT search on K&K Western and hit your vid.. glad I did.. Cheers from Coppell, Texas

[bluephil]

Very interesting job... what is your favorite sound ? I had a piezzo on my LOO but i put a Fishmann mic in place... I'm very surprised of the quality you obtain with a SM 57... Going to try it... Forgive my eventuals mistakes. I'm a poor French Bluesman. ;)Have a nice day.

[MSB76]

@bluephil Thanks. I usually like the sound of the pickup just fine, but I'm not too happy with the way it came out in this vid. The mic sound is my favorite here, but I usually don't want to bother with another mic, so I settle for the pickup. In my opinion, all pickups are a compromise. Pure acoustic is always ideal for me.

[Kamekazie101]

sick!

[edwardtang1977]

you sound awesome

[laurentus100]

Yeah It's good to have some of your new work!

[HeyCleatus]

What is that song r playing? Just jammin or ist it an actual song? sounds sweet though

[MSB76]

This is my arrangement of "Rollin' & Tumblin'". Most versions are in Open G (Spanish) tuning. I came up with this by adding an alternating bass to Fred McDowell's "Going Down To The River" riff. Glad you dig it. Someday I'll post a version with vocals.

[jayhootable]

The mic has a nice warm tone to it and the pickup has a nice twang to it. Personally I like the the unmic'd and no pick up; but I'm not in the room, this is video doesn't do justice to the actual tone of the guitar. That is, if you were there in person.

[MSB76]

I thought I replied to this... I think I was just bored the third time around and tried to get a little more into it. :) The sound in the room was much different than what I'm hearing here. But I agree that a good mic is ideal (wish I could afford a better one). I use the pick-ups largely because I don't want to have to deal with more feedback from another mic. 

BTW... Love your playing!

[whaledog]

I liked the acoustic sound the best.

Nice playing, btw.

[daddystovepipe]

I liked the unamplified sound the best, then the Shure, then the pickup. Fine playing as well!

[MSB76]

Thanks, Carl! This vid doesn't do the pickup justice, but I agree with your preferences based on the audio quality here. All pickups are kind of a compromise to me, but I'm usually pretty satisfied with the K & K.