Musicians

Thanks rigster!

I will look into the Shure Beta 87a

One thing I am trying to avoid in my sound is the pick noise or buzz I get from "pluggin in" the buzz comes from the pick striking the strings. When I record with a mic it sounds great but through the pickup it that string buzz shows up and I despise it.

Again I am pretty anal about "tradition" when it comes to my music. I flat pick a lot of old fiddle tunes that range from around 180 bpm -240 bpm. Do a lot of flat picking in the style of Clarence White, Tony Rice, etc. and am about as anal as it gets when to comes to doing things right and getting a good sound (That's why I am playing a 1970 D18).

Me, I am retired at age 42, played music all my life but it was a "hobby", well over the last 2-3 years in playing (since I retired) 8-14 hours a day I have become pretty good. Good enough that some guys hunted me out to join an Americana/Folk/Newgrass type of group that actually pays (not much but it does pay). However I am having a hard time getting "that sound" from my guitar that I want.

When it comes to the buzzing it is the pickup piking up my pick stroke (slight buzz when plectrum makes contact with string). Sounds like it's a problem with the action being to low but it is not. I recently (3 months ago) shelled out $600 to the best known Luthier in our area to do a neck set and map the frets, add new bone nut and saddle so I am good there...is that damn pickup!