Ian Stephenson plays an NK Forster Model S with RMC midi pickup

[iancollege]

@soup2nuts... watch the video again, and listen to what I actually say on the video... The pedal just mutes the octave sound from the yamaha (or unmutes).

[soup2nuts1]

What are you switching with the foot pedal? Is that an octave divider?

[soup2nuts1]

Nice video - is the octave sound comming from the yamaha, or is that a boss octave devider doing the job? thnx!

[iancollege]

Ian here, the lag you can hear on the conversion is because I've switched off the 'fast mode' of the AXON, ordinarily it's REALLY fast but I found it was too sensitive to producing notes when I was blanking strings with the left hand, mainly because I play so hard when I use this live, I need it a lot less sensitive so this 'fingerpicking mode' tends to ignore very very short blanked notes which is an advantage, and I can deal with the slight lag, no bother, a small price to pay!

[JSCWhistler]

@iancollege I've been wanting to try this for a long time... I've got an LR Baggs soundhole pick-up on my guitar- Would this kind of set-up work, or would it only work with the particular pick-up, preamp, etc?

I've been looking around for a decent octave pedal, but without trying any of them, I'm not sure they'll achieve what I'm after. Not that I want to steal your set-up, I just like the idea of having that low bass sometimes. Mike Galvin also has a similar thing, it baffles me....

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

Well-made! Well-played! This is a very cool set up- Is this something Nigel developed and/or is it commercially available? How does it compare with other conventional pickups such as the undersaddle I-beam for example?

[Nkforster]

It is a far better pickup than any other I have fitted, and I have fitted most of them.

[digitalreb]

Nice,  I like

[SoupySalesNmyFly]

Tite! :) I'd like to see other videos of midi experiments with this setup!

[capoman1]

There seems to be a tiny lag on the conversion. Very nice though. Great playing too!