TK Smith Floating Pickup

[omphalopsychos]

I wanted to share this here. I recently bought a TK Smith Floating pickup from a member here on the forum. For fun I slapped it on my 28 L5 and recorded a chorus of "My Sugar Is So Refined". I have 80/20 strings on it and just by raising the pole pieces I was able to balance the volume perfectly. This pickup has a really awesome tone. It's mounted with wall putty on this guitar, but I'm thinking about having it mounted onto a pickguard bc I'm still a little apprehensive about putting putty on the almost 100 year old nitro.

[Flat]

Wow! Those TK Smiths have such a distinctive old-timey tone...especially in that sweet elderly L5! Thanks for the clip.

[RomanS]

Wow, sounds great!

[garybaldy]

It's probably me, but I don't see a floater on the website. Cheers

[omphalopsychos]

He doesn’t list the floating pickup on his website but you can send him an email to order one.

[campusfive]

You know if you do figure out how to actually mount it "floating", I'm gonna have to get one, right? Sounds great.

[Monkey_Elvis]

That sounds so great. I cant actually see the pickup in your video, is that his CC type pickup, a C.A.R. type or something else?

[omphalopsychos]

That sounds so great. I cant actually see the pickup in your video, is that his CC type pickup, a C.A.R. type or something else?

TK Smith has a floating pickup that is not listed on his online shop but you can order it from him via email at tk@tksmith.net


It's similar to his CC/CAR design but it is designed to "float" above the guitar rather than to be installed in a cavity cut into the top of the guitar.






Here are some more demos.