Pickup Shootout

For those of you who couldn't be here for our live "pickup shootout", we invite you to check out some brief videos of Saturday's performance.

The concert was recorded direct to DV with the camera's on-board mic. Maury & Tim played all the pickups through a Bose PA System with no effects and only very minimal EQ. Depending on your internet connection and your PC's speakers, you may find these comparisons a little hard to judge.

We hope to put these on a DVD very soon for those of you who would like to get a better look (and listen). If you have any questions or comments, please consider sharing your thoughts with us ... it's our goal to get you the most information possible on these pickups.

Thanks for watching!
- Maury & Tim

K&K Powerblend Trinity and Fishman Aura - Tim & Maury take turns on some Johnny Cash
K&K Pure Western and Fishman Aura - Jim Macaluso joins Maury on "Blackbird"
Rare Earth humbucker vs. Rare Earth blend - Maury compares the humbucker's tone with and without the gooseneck mic
Fishman Aura and K&K Poweblend Trinity - Tim takes a lead on the Aura / Maury strums the K&K
LR Baggs Element Active and Fishman Acoustic Matrix Nat I - Derek and the Dominoes on "quack"
LR Baggs iBeam and Fishman Prefix Premium - Righteous!
LR Baggs M-1 active and K&K Ultra-Pure Western - Tim & Maury take turns playing lead and rhythm
K&K Powerblend Trinity and Fishman Aura - Tim gets a great slide tone
Fishman Prefix Premium and LR Baggs iBeam - Drop-D fingerstyle
K&K Pure Western and Powerblend Trinity - Tim plays lead / Maury fingerpicks
Fishman Rare Earth Blend and LR Baggs M1 Active - soundhole vs. soundhole
Fishman Prefix Premium and Fishman Aura - Dave Evans makes a deal with Tim at the Crossroads
Fishman Aura and K&K Powerblend Pure - Tim wasn't leaving before playing the Aura one more time!

Fishman Pickups

K&K Pickups

LR Baggs Pickups