<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\nDoes Schertler Make the World’s Best Mandolin Pickup?<\/strong> \nBy Steven Stone \nFebruary 2004, Stereophile’s Guide to Home Theater<\/em> \n \nAbout nine months ago I reviewed a new Martin D-16RE with a built-in\nSchertler Bluestick pickup system. Since I play a lot more mandolin\nthan guitar, after the review I asked Schertler to send me their DYN-M\npick-up which is made specifically for mandolins. I’ve been meaning to\ndo a short review for several months now, but kept putting it off,\nprimarily because once I finish the review I must either send the\npick-up back or buy it.\nThe DYN-M pickup system is decep-tively easy to use. Merely attach it\nto your mandolin and plug its XLR output jack into either a Schertler’s\nPre-A II pream-plifier, onstage DI box, or directly into a mixing board\nmicrophone input. It attaches to the top of a mandolin with special\nputty that leaves no residue, but stays put.\n \n \nThe pickup is a miniature moving-coil condenser microphone\nthat works just like any microphone – it picks up sound waves. The\ntrick is that the putty cre-ates a seal around the DYN-M so it is\nisolated from extraneous sounds; it only hears your mandolin. The\nDYN-M’s physical de-sign makes it very resistant to airborne feedback.\n \n \nFinding the right placement spot requires a bit of trial and\nerror, but with most mandos somewhere slightly below and behind the\nbridge works nicely. In the last couple of months, I’ve only had one\nchance to actually use the DYN-M on stage. Since my group plays using a\nsingle-mic setup, most times I haven’t needed to have a direct feed for\nmy mando, yet when I did use the DYN-M onstage, it worked great. I\nplugged into a DI box, which ran into the mixer. The sound man had no\nproblem getting ad-equate gain, and the final result was I sounded like\nI usually do, only louder. I’ve used the DYN-M at home on several\nhigh-end mandolins including my Gib-son F5 fern, Hilburn F, and Weins\nF5. In every case, the resulting sound was very close to the way the\ninstrument sounds without a pickup, and when I removed the DYN-M there\nwere no signs of its presence on the mandolins’ finishes.\n \n \nYou could use the Schertler DYN-M on an acoustic guitar, but\nSchertler has a special version called the DYN-G specifically designed\nfor guitars. The DYN-G looks identical to the DYN-M, and the principle\nis certainly the same; perhaps only the name has been changed to\nprotect the innocent.\n \n \nThe retail price for the DYN-M mando pickup is $395. While not\ninexpensive, it accomplishes what no other mandolin pickup can – supply\ngood sound along with easily installation and clean re-moval. With a\nDYN-M, mando players can be assured they’ll be heard in any stage\nsituation. And unlike other fine pickups (i.e. the Pick Up The World),\none DYN-M will suffice for any number of mandolins, as long as you only\nplay one at a time!\n \n \nMy personal debate is whether I need a DYN-M enough to spend\n$395 for some-thing I’ll only use once in a blue moon. I’ll probably\nbuy one, just because when I do need a mandolin (or guitar) pickup, the\nDYN-M can do the job so elegantly.\n \n \n \nSteven Stone is a contributing editor to Stereophile’s Guide to Home\nTheater. <\/i> \n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does Schertler Make the World’s Best Mandolin Pickup? By Steven Stone February 2004, Stereophile’s Guide to Home Theater About nine months ago I reviewed a new Martin D-16RE with a built-in Schertler Bluestick pickup system. 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{"id":62,"date":"2004-03-05T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2004-03-05T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2004-03-05T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2004-03-05T13:57:48","slug":"dynm_review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/blog\/dynm_review\/","title":{"rendered":"DYN-M Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<\/title>\n<\/head>\n<body>\nDoes Schertler Make the World’s Best Mandolin Pickup?<\/strong> \nBy Steven Stone \nFebruary 2004, Stereophile’s Guide to Home Theater<\/em> \n \nAbout nine months ago I reviewed a new Martin D-16RE with a built-in\nSchertler Bluestick pickup system. Since I play a lot more mandolin\nthan guitar, after the review I asked Schertler to send me their DYN-M\npick-up which is made specifically for mandolins. I’ve been meaning to\ndo a short review for several months now, but kept putting it off,\nprimarily because once I finish the review I must either send the\npick-up back or buy it.\nThe DYN-M pickup system is decep-tively easy to use. Merely attach it\nto your mandolin and plug its XLR output jack into either a Schertler’s\nPre-A II pream-plifier, onstage DI box, or directly into a mixing board\nmicrophone input. It attaches to the top of a mandolin with special\nputty that leaves no residue, but stays put.\n \n \nThe pickup is a miniature moving-coil condenser microphone\nthat works just like any microphone – it picks up sound waves. The\ntrick is that the putty cre-ates a seal around the DYN-M so it is\nisolated from extraneous sounds; it only hears your mandolin. The\nDYN-M’s physical de-sign makes it very resistant to airborne feedback.\n \n \nFinding the right placement spot requires a bit of trial and\nerror, but with most mandos somewhere slightly below and behind the\nbridge works nicely. In the last couple of months, I’ve only had one\nchance to actually use the DYN-M on stage. Since my group plays using a\nsingle-mic setup, most times I haven’t needed to have a direct feed for\nmy mando, yet when I did use the DYN-M onstage, it worked great. I\nplugged into a DI box, which ran into the mixer. The sound man had no\nproblem getting ad-equate gain, and the final result was I sounded like\nI usually do, only louder. I’ve used the DYN-M at home on several\nhigh-end mandolins including my Gib-son F5 fern, Hilburn F, and Weins\nF5. In every case, the resulting sound was very close to the way the\ninstrument sounds without a pickup, and when I removed the DYN-M there\nwere no signs of its presence on the mandolins’ finishes.\n \n \nYou could use the Schertler DYN-M on an acoustic guitar, but\nSchertler has a special version called the DYN-G specifically designed\nfor guitars. The DYN-G looks identical to the DYN-M, and the principle\nis certainly the same; perhaps only the name has been changed to\nprotect the innocent.\n \n \nThe retail price for the DYN-M mando pickup is $395. While not\ninexpensive, it accomplishes what no other mandolin pickup can – supply\ngood sound along with easily installation and clean re-moval. With a\nDYN-M, mando players can be assured they’ll be heard in any stage\nsituation. And unlike other fine pickups (i.e. the Pick Up The World),\none DYN-M will suffice for any number of mandolins, as long as you only\nplay one at a time!\n \n \nMy personal debate is whether I need a DYN-M enough to spend\n$395 for some-thing I’ll only use once in a blue moon. I’ll probably\nbuy one, just because when I do need a mandolin (or guitar) pickup, the\nDYN-M can do the job so elegantly.\n \n \n \nSteven Stone is a contributing editor to Stereophile’s Guide to Home\nTheater. <\/i> \n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does Schertler Make the World’s Best Mandolin Pickup? By Steven Stone February 2004, Stereophile’s Guide to Home Theater About nine months ago I reviewed a new Martin D-16RE with a built-in Schertler Bluestick pickup system. 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