rascalnikov - Posted - 07/19/2024:  10:17:16

Hello. I have visited a bunch over the years. I haven't had a resonator for a long time.

I am a lefty and recently got a Recording King Dirty 30 0 size with pickup.

I had the shop rotate the biscuit and put a lefty nut on.

I think they did a very good job.

My issue is, when plugged in I am not getting much bass response, unequal/unbalanced to/with rather robust and clear treble sounds through my amps and audio interface.

I am wondering if this might be due to righty aspects of the pickup design?...

Has anyone made any adjustments to the pickup on one of these?

Are there elements of the pickup that are engineered/adjusted for weight of strings when strung in right hand orientation, perhaps?

Any thoughts and/or advice would be great!

Petros - Posted - 07/24/2024:  17:08:37

What kind of pickup a piezo? I guess you've proven that your pickup was designed with a treble and a bass side to the element whatever design it is so yeah putting the trebles on the bass side and vice versa will effect the pick up output and frequency response. Contact RK and ask about the pickup design?

rascalnikov - Posted - 07/24/2024:  17:29:14

Humbucker with no pot... Thx for yer reply.

rascalnikov - Posted - 07/24/2024:  17:32:27

I don't know if the pup is oriented one way or the other or ambidextrous... sort of? Just wondering if there might be other thoughts from others as to why the plugged in bass response seems muted. The guitar itself is articulate acoustically, no bass deficiency. Just when plugged in, the bass strings seem to provide low output, particularly the low E....

rascalnikov - Posted - 07/24/2024:  17:38:06

It is a 'minni bucker'... I be there is something that those screws do...?...

Here is a "Recording King Dirty 30s Minnie Bucker Acoustic-electric Resonator Guitar - Wabash Blue"

And what about strings?  These are the stock D'Addario, .012-.053...  I  want to think RKing would put strings on that work well with the minnibucker...

Edited by - rascalnikov on 07/24/2024 17:41:27

JC Dobro - Posted - 07/24/2024:  18:18:22

Those look like phosphor bronze strings, which don’t amplify well with magnetic pickups. I’d put on nickel strings to see if that solves your lack of amplified bass side response.

rascalnikov - Posted - 07/24/2024:  19:54:48

Thanks for your thoughts. I’ll be trying something different soon.

JC Dobro - Posted - 07/25/2024:  04:00:33

Yeah, let us know how it works out.



Generally for magnetic pickups (including humbuckers), you’d want a magnetic alloy in the strings. Otherwise, you’ll get a muffled/weak sound, particularly on the wound (bass side) strings.



Couple options would be Pearse nickel strings, or GHS White Bronze, which uses a magnetic alloy.  (They market these to acoustic/electric players).



stringsandbeyond.com/john-pear...ight.html

ghsstrings.com/products/11234-...-bronzetm

You'll get a different acoustic tone than PB, which you may or may not like, but that's the tradeoff you make in order to amplify with a humbucker.

Good luck!

rascalnikov - Posted - 07/25/2024:  04:31:52

Appreciate your thoughts. Thanks all who contributed.