Schatten AT-04 Archtop Guitar Pickup

Description

Fits most popular Archtop Guitars. Jack may be used as an endpin jack, side jack or suspended.

With the new AT-04 archtop pickup, Schatten Design separated the piezo sensing unit from the bridge itself so that the piezo element is no longer embedded within the bridge’s upper saddle.
The piezo sensor is attached directly to the underside of the saddle and is fully enclosed and shielded to guard against the possibility of line noise.
By moving the pickup’s sensor from within the saddle to underneath it, we have accomplished some pretty good things.
For example: the bridge is physically stronger since it doesn’t have to be slotted to allow a sensor to fit inside.
Vibration transmission within the saddle itself is improved and sound transmission to the sensor was also improved.

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 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 our Mini Pre belt clipable preamp to your pickup system.

Last one – No longer produced.