National Hot plate, anyone got one??

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Permalink Reply by Edward Sparks on January 26, 2011 at 8:25am

I have never heard of this but you have certainly peaked my interest!  I have a 1946 resonator that I would love to put a pickup in without too much alteration...I'll look into it.  Have you heard much about the Fishman pickups for resonators...I haven't but they do have a great reputation and aren't too intrusive looking.  Edward

 

 

Permalink Reply by Edward Sparks on January 26, 2011 at 8:31am

Just found this thread where people are talking about the hot plate plus there is one shot with a pickup attached to the plate in an interesting way...I am not too fond of the jack placement though!  These all look like electric pickups and not the acoustic kind I am researching.  I did note that some of these in the pioctures are single coil and some are humbuckers, which makes a big difference inthe sound!  Here is the link:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/acoustic-heaven/167981-electrify-my-reso...

 Edward

 

 

Permalink Reply by Patrick on January 26, 2011 at 7:15pm

Jimmy,

  I sent my National Radio Bendaway, and tricone to National and had them install a Hylander PU. They are very true to sound and just boom. Contact Jason Workman at National.

Permalink Reply by Dave DIPROSE on April 19, 2011 at 5:11pm

I have a Style O and I use a Highlander for it. Its really the only hing - its loud and provides the tone you need. It replaces the whole biscuit, which you can put back later if you like. If you don't want to put a hole in the body for the jack you can use the F hole. Its really fantastic. My friend Doc White (check out Pickin Parlor on Vintage Nationals) uses a hot plate, but he still uses a mic for tone, whiich I don't have to do with the Highlander (which is $100 cheaper).

Permalink Reply by Patrick on May 9, 2013 at 4:05pm

I ordered a hot plate from Mike Dowling a year ago and installed it on my brown National Delphi (named Brownie Mcgee). I love the sound of it and the plug and play ability. It sounds very true to sound if you run it thru a good acoustic amp like my acoustasonic sfx. It is a passive magnetic, so you have to spin up the volume a little bit. My other 3 Nationals have Hylanders, so they require a committed channel and the active box, but are great sounding and big volume. Hope this helps.

There are some resonator demo tracks on my solo web site:

www.reverbnation.com/patrickmcewen

Hope this helps.

Patrick