4 string guitar (baritone ukelele)

entee

After a bit of pickup advice please. 

I am considering having a fully electric baritone ukulele built by a luthier, but having only 4 strings, the big question is what pickup to use?  He has recommended the IronGear Jailhouse Rail II, canted at an angle to fit under the strings.  It can then be tapped to provide more versatility as I can only have one pickup

  Is this going along the right lines?  Any other pups recommended that would work well/better?  Any advice much appreciated.

paulnb57

P Bass split pickup?

entee

paulnb57 said:

P Bass split pickup?

would it work on a 'normal' set of strings?  frequency response would be out wouldn't it?

paulnb57

entee said:

paulnb57 said:

P Bass split pickup?

would it work on a 'normal' set of strings?  frequency response would be out wouldn't it?

Seen em used on Cigarbox guitars, not the most refined of instruments, granted, however they seem to work......gut feeling, most of the frequency of a Bass guitar comes from scale length etc, which the pickup amplfies, then coloured by an Amp, focused on the required Bass tones ??
@ICBM ?

earwighoney

entee said:

After a bit of pickup advice please. 

I am considering having a fully electric baritone ukulele built by a luthier, but having only 4 strings, the big question is what pickup to use?  He has recommended the IronGear Jailhouse Rail II, canted at an angle to fit under the strings.  It can then be tapped to provide more versatility as I can only have one pickup

  Is this going along the right lines?  Any other pups recommended that would work well/better?  Any advice much appreciated.

I'd go for a blade style pickup, so you wouldn't have to worry about string spacing.  Something like a Charlie Christian and Creamery make a few models or the IronGear one mentioned. 



In addition Gold Foil pickups don't have slugs/screws but one magnet underneath so you wouldn't need to worry about string spacing so that'd open up other pickups you could use. 

entee

earwighoney said:

entee said:

After a bit of pickup advice please. 

I am considering having a fully electric baritone ukulele built by a luthier, but having only 4 strings, the big question is what pickup to use?  He has recommended the IronGear Jailhouse Rail II, canted at an angle to fit under the strings.  It can then be tapped to provide more versatility as I can only have one pickup

  Is this going along the right lines?  Any other pups recommended that would work well/better?  Any advice much appreciated.

I'd go for a blade style pickup, so you wouldn't have to worry about string spacing.  Something like a Charlie Christian and Creamery make a few models or the IronGear one mentioned. 



In addition Gold Foil pickups don't have slugs/screws but one magnet underneath so you wouldn't need to worry about string spacing so that'd open up other pickups you could use. 

Mmmm interesting.  I would like to go for a pickup that can be tapped to give a bit extra tone options.  Having just looked at Creamery they do a humbucker that is blade style too....  food for though.  Thank you.