Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Interesting Information About Schertler Products

By Carmella Watts


Schertler is a company, founded in the early 1980s, that manufactures pickups for string instruments. They also produce guitars, tuners, and amplifiers. The company is located in Switzerland. A pickup is a type of microphone that is placed on a guitar or other musical instrument to amplify the sound of the instrument. This company has instigated great strides in musical instrument amplification technology.

The audio effect of an electric guitar is produced with a magnetic coil pickup. This pickup is essentially a microphone built-in underneath the guitar strings to boost the volume. Rock and country guitar styles often have the guitar played with distortion and other audio modifications. Many guitarists who play rock, metal, punk and country styles use effect pedals and other devices to get different sounds. Anyone who listens to popular music on the radio will recognize these common guitar effects.

Acoustic instruments use piezoelectric transducers or contact microphones to amplify the volume of the instrument. This type of microphone is also known as a crystal microphone. Most of the time with a string instrument, like an acoustic guitar, violin, cello, or string base, musicians do not want any distortion or extreme effects. Instead, they want to be heard clearly and cleanly, emulating the acoustics of a classical concert hall. This calls for a completely different technology.

With traditional acoustic string instruments, distortion is not desired. Just the opposite, a clean and clear quality is wanted. The goal is to have the instrument sound natural, with only the loudness increased sufficiently so the audience can hear it. In order to produce this clean and clear musical sound, a new technology was needed.

It should not be surprising that a musician started the company. He was a double base player who understood how bowed string instruments should sound like. He was determined to create the technology to produce those high quality musical sounds. The company hold patents on a technology that replaces the piezoelectric transducer to amplify string instruments. They also hold patents in air chamber technology. Folk, classical and jazz musician in particular seeks a purity of sound that preserve the natural beauty of the instrument, without distortion or effect. The company's products achieve this goal. Even in the most difficult concert halls and rooms, the entire audience can hear the most subtle sounds from the instruments.

Their amplification systems are suitable for all musical genres and acoustic instruments. They make wireless systems that use a radio transmitter instead of cables and wires to send signals. They have partnered with other companies to design and manufacture guitars. Direct boxes, amplifiers, and many accessories have been added to the product line.

Their equipment has been used by critically acclaimed orchestras, chamber ensembles, folk, classical and jazz musicians both in the concert hall and in the recording studio. The natural, high quality sound produced by this cutting edge technology has set the new standard for pure and clean audio results.

Schertler publishes an informative and attractive web page where you can learn more about their complete product line. The complete product line catalog can be downloaded. You can find out where their products can be purchased. Both professional and amateur musicians alike will be impressed with the results of using their technology.




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