was he the guy that played on this ?
I think that's from the album Franks Wild Years, and Mark Ribot does play on some tracks.


Well, these days with the triple or even dual systems that combine a piezo, a mic and an internal sensor or something similar you can get great results as well, but they also are complicated to successfully work with. For an established artist that can have their own soundman/pa or generally plays in better rooms, or if playing dedicated acoustic stuff, maybe mics are the way to go, but for playing here and there, with full bands, drummers, solo, the works, i 've gone to simple, problem-free stuff. Don't even use regular acoustics live anymore usually, its godin-style guitars most of the time. No feedback, no placement problems, they work on stage the way electrics do, etc..