New Dynasonic pickups

[SimonD]

Does anyone have an idea what guitar (Guild or not) these pickups could be added too?

DeArmond Dynasonic Pickup - Nickel/Black - Bridge | Guild Guitars

Bridge Pickup -Nickel/Black

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[SFIV1967]

They were used for instance on the Newark Street Starfire II ST Dynasonic:

NS Starfire II-ST Dynasonic

This uses a new DeArmond pickup that they call a Dynasonic but it lacks the undercarriage of the Gretsch Dynasonic (Gretsch invented the name). It appears similar in design to the DeArmond 2000 pickups that Fender sold to Gretsch to use in the Historic/Electromatic series and that Guild used in...

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Starfire II ST Dynasonic Royal Brown(DISCONTINUED) | Guild Guitars

$1,535 List Price

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Or the various X-175:

X-175 Manhattan Special Golden Coast | Guild Guitars

A modernized classic with quintessential hollowbody aesthetic and tone, the X-175 Manhattan Special looks as good as it sounds.

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X-175 Manhattan Special Malibu Blue | Guild Guitars

The precedent for hollowbody aesthetic and tone, the X-175 Manhattan Special looks as good as it sounds. With its gracefully sculpted and richly resonant hollowbody, arched spruce top, and rock-solid three-piece neck it exemplifies the quality building of the Guild Manhattan models of the 1950’s...

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Ralf

 

[LesB3]

Adding to the above... They aren't typically swapped into other pickup routs as they are slightly longer and slightly skinnier than most other pups. They also mount directly to the top of a guitar (with a thin shim beneath) vs. into a ring.

If you are looking to replace a standard humbucker with a DeArmond style pickup, you could try:
https://tvjones.com/t-armond-bridge-english-mount/

There are other versions available for P-90, Filter-Tron, etc, as well.

 

[Rocky]

With some trimming they can fit into a soapbar slot. They may also be a direct replacement for Rickebacker toasters/hi-gains/humbuckers.
I didn't like the stock Gretsch versions, but I love the T-Armonds.

 

[GGJaguar]

Also, the neck angle of the guitar is important with these pickups. Because they are flush mount with the top, they can be raised, but not lowered. I wanted to replace the LB-1s on my NS Jetstar but that model is a solid body and has almost no neck angle. The strings hit the neck pickup body. Couldn't be done without some modding.

 

[Maguchi]

Does anyone have an idea what guitar (Guild or not) these pickups could be added too?

DeArmond Dynasonic Pickup - Nickel/Black - Bridge | Guild Guitars

Bridge Pickup -Nickel/Black

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Yeah other than Guilds, I seen 'em on both hollowbody and solidbody Gretschs before too.

 

[Rocky]

Oh, they'll also fit 60s Martin electrics, and Kustom guitars too.

 

[Neal]

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Yeah other than Guilds, I seen 'em on both hollowbody and solidbody Gretschs before too.

Those Dynasonics are from a top-of-the-line Gretsch, which are a completely different pickup from the ones on imported Guilds. The Proline Series are made in Japan and are of very high build quality throughout. The Gretsch Dynasonics are a fairly close replica of the ‘50’s Dynasonics that were on Gretsch guitars of that era.

Having said that, I own a 2005 Gretsch 5125 made in Korea that has DeArmond 2000’s on it like the Guilds of the same era. They are great pickups in their own right.

 

[SimonD]

So they wouldn’t work in a NS Starfire I?

 

[Neal]

GAD would know better than I about fit.

My point is that there are six different “Dynasonics”

1. The original ‘’50’s DeArmond Dynasonics
2. Early 2000’s DeAmond 2K
3. Mid 2000’s DeArmond 2000
4. Gretsch Dynasonics for their Proline Series
5. TV Jones T-Armand
6. Seymour Duncan Dynasonics

 

[Rocky]

GAD would know better than I about fit.

My point is that there are six different “Dynasonics”

1. The original ‘’50’s DeArmond Dynasonics
2. Early 2000’s DeAmond 2K
3. Mid 2000’s DeArmond 2000
4. Gretsch Dynasonics for their Proline Series
5. TV Jones T-Armand
6. Seymour Duncan Dynasonics

There may be different variants on "version four" - the Gretsch Proline Dynasonics. I haven't kept up, but my experience with the earlier ones were less than spectacular, but more people seem to like them now.

"Version one" also has a couple of variants. The 50's ones used on Gretsches (black bobbin) aren't wound as hot as the ones used on the early 60's Guilds (white bobbin) and Martin/Kustom guitars with the "trapezoidish" cutout covers.

The "2K" DeArmonds are more like P90s in construction - bar magnets and polepieces, while the other version have actual magnets for each string, like the originals.

 

[LesB3]

So they wouldn’t work in a NS Starfire I?

Not the standard mount ones, no.

You would need to use the English Mount T-Armonds and go from there -not a bad solution by any means.

Good luck!