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Gretsch Deltoluxe Pickup

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Gretsch Deltoluxe Pickup
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Looperguy 18.11.2020
This is a cool pickup. I'm a big fan of the vintage DeArmond 1100, so having something similar to the 1000 (no adjustable pole pieces) that fits in a soundhole is great. The sound is warm and only mildly electric, so it's become my go-to pickup for amplifying my range of acoustic instruments. I've tried dozens of other pickups and pickup systems and the only thing I like better than the Deltoluxe is a microphone.
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Great single coil electric guitar pickup for a flattop
Sauerkrautseth 23.02.2025
I’ve used DeArmond pickups since the late 1980s I have a monkey on a stick rubberised magnetic pickup on my 1930s gretsch archtop. It was my first “electric guitar” I also have a fender made DeArmond/Guild Star Fire Special that has “DeArmond” Alnico single coils which are apparently more p-90 than the original DeArmond 200’s which on early-mid 1950s Gretsch electrics were called dynasonics. The Star Fire pickups are great inho.
One of the great advantages of an Ohio made DeArmond pickup for an acoustic guitar from the 1940s-80s is that there are 2 coils 1 for the b and high e string and one for the wound strings (g d a low e) this allows for a balance of volume relatively speaking.
The deloluxe pickup has this quality and that is key.
It’s brighter and less full in tone than my classic rubberised magnet and alnico DeArmonds but through a tube amp it’s sounds great, nails the Elmore James/ Lightning Hopkins, pre Les Paul and telecaster Muddy Waters tone.
It’s pretty quiet, looks great and has a pretty good price especially since it installs very easily no holes to drill in the top of the guitar. I only wish it had the volume wheel like the Dearmond 210
This is a great sounding single coil electric pickup ! Well done fender/gretsch for making a great tribute to the dearmond pickup legacy.
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Looks very good, plays the same with just one hook
Zabit_Frantiska 02.05.2019
Nice looking and fits even really small soundholes. The sound is beautiful (at first the amount of bass struck me in a good way) yet it is hard to use for recording because of the signatural single-coil hum. Grounding as much as I was able to did solve the problem to a degree, yet I find it usable only for solos where you can edit/hide the hum more easily. Yet, for live playing should be work no problem. Also, the price is decent.
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Works well
Patok 24.01.2021
Works well with my big baby Taylor
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Fun tool, but not for a lone pick-up
Adam Outlnd 28.09.2024
It almost sounds amazing (very vintage), but it is very susceptible to hum. If there is any noise to be picked up at all, it will. And because you can't adjust the output, you have to amplify the signal as is (though I suppose you could have it modded to be installed with a volume control). I have mine on a parallel output, using this for vintage electric sound, and my K&K pure mini for acoustic sound. That combo is perfect because it's all passive.
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