The Last part of the Comment about DeArmond from Mr.Kisaragimaru DeArmond and alnico V, both of them had demerit that polepieces were too long to be put in all guitar,and the costs of production were expensive. After them, Gibson invented humbuckers(PAF) in '57 and mass produced it. The other hand,Grecth dissolved the contract with DerArmond in '57 also. After it, the pickup has been used as DerArmond for guitars of Airline 、D'Angelico 、Epiphone 、Fender、Guild、Harmony、Hofner 、Levin 、Martin、Messenger、Microfrets 、Silver Tone.
But in studio and live,many people who don't know Levin were suprised at DeArmond. A few years ago,they taught me the history and characteristic of this pickup. Anyway,this pickup makes delicate and fat sounds actually.(2006/05/29 13:52)