AS81-1 - DeArmond pickup comparison -1936 Gibson L12 - Blues en mineur

Hey guys, today's standard is just taking Django Reinhardt's "Blues en Mineur" from 1935 to show the difference of sound between 2 models "Mike", 2 Rythmchief 1000 and 1 Rythmchief 1100. It show that even 2 of the same model never sound exactly the same. Don't hesitate to share your thoughts in the comment. I tend to think that "Mike" or "FHC" have a little less definition and sound bluesy and fat, when the rythm chiefs are a little brighter and more precise.
I'm playing a 1936 Gibson L12 that is X braced and has a 17 inches lower bout. I'll post AS81-2 doing the same test on the parallele braced 1936 Epiphone Deluxe to show the difference, since the acoustic guitar affects a lot the sound once plugged in. I tend to prefer the result on the Epiphone, you'll be able to compare in a few days.
The guitar is strung with Nickel strings gauge 12, is plugged in a Fender Princeton Reverb amp "drip edge" from 1968-69, i'm using a 1.5mm purple dunlop pick.
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[@brigittetorres9745]

❤️🎶❤️ bravo Romain 👏👏👏 une originale interprétation d’un de mes morceaux préférés.
Merci pour la vidéo 🙏🙏🙏

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

great and helpful video of the various sounds, thanks!

[@AcousticStandards]

thanks Jeremy

[@P51gn]

Fascinating such a variation of sound they all sound lovely - I had an early guitar mic on a 40s Gretsch Synchro and the tone was very similar to your 40s one. Love your videos!

[@AcousticStandards]

Thanks a lot ! I don t know Gretsch enough

[@shaalis]

oh baby. Love your videos and THIS...is my fav

[@AcousticStandards]

Thanks a lot ! You can also check my gypsy version of this song on my other channel (Romain Vuillemin) ;)

[@AcousticStandards]

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[@sethdoss8731]

Gorgeous playing 🙌

[@AcousticStandards]

Thanks Seth

[@themusiccovenant]

Legendary guitarist

[@baroqueguitarist5673]

The DeArmond Mike from the 50s sounded incredible

[@christopherhanna5754]

Mad respect for his Django Reinhardt chops..the rhythm chief 1100 was my favorite tone

[@AcousticStandards]

Thanks ! I m getting to like it each day a little more

[@ChuckNicholsonTRM]

I always feel like the 1100s have more clarity and I prefer their sound. #1 was definitely my pick here too. I liked #3 as well.

[@AcousticStandards]

Chuck Nicholson thanks for the message ! I like when there is a lot of output gain so i was always fan of my early dearmond mike, big fat bluesy tone.. but i really like my 60s rc 1000 too.. wasn t as fan with my 1100, but by using it on this vid i noticed it is super nice, and somehow a little complexier than the others ;)

[@Fiddlinphilkramer]

Hey man! I hope you don't mind me asking, I recently bought a arch top acoustic and I want to get it fitted with all the electric fixin's. What should I google to find those cool guitar jacks you have attached under the bridge? I am mostly a bluegrass guy so all of this is new to me! haha

[@cyberprimate]

Interesting thanks. Some Dearmond aficionados think the 1000 was in fact a better sounding model than the 1100.
I wonder what justified the lower price of the FHC ´Mike’ model at the time because to me it sounds better than the others. Maybe its larger cumbersome size on the guitar

[@gonzanog7937]

nice! please ,what strings are you using? and does this pickup work well with argentine strings? thanks merciiii

[@pawlowski6132]

Thanks. Do you have to make any adjustments to your pick guard to install these properly?

[@AcousticStandards]

Joe Pawlowski if i don t want to cut a little part of the pickguard i just unloose the screw and take it away a little bit so the pickups take the high e string too

[@RomanSonnleitner]

All of them sound nice, but if I had to pick one, it would be the 1000 - for its clarity, and "acoustic" tone.

[@AcousticStandards]

Yes, me too

[@paolospadaro]

1 for me

[@bunkerman99]

#3 sounded best

[@AcousticStandards]

Thanks !! The number 3 was unfortunately lost by the mail man 😱

[@bunkerman99]

@@AcousticStandards I hope they accidently deliver it to me here in the states. I will try it out before i send it back to Paris.