Classical Guitar - HFNC Classical and Flamenco Guitar Pickup

Schatten Design is an innovative Canadian company that specialises in original handmade acoustic pickups.  The company has a tailored pickup solution for acoustic and classical guitar, banjo, resonator, mandolin, violin, piano, bouzouki, folk instruments and everything in between. Schatten pickups are used by performers, luthiers, and manufacturers all around the world.
 

Schatten HFN-C Series Pickups for Nylon String Classical and Flamenco Guitars

The HFN-C is designed to give you a full, rich sound and will reproduce exactly what your classical guitar sounds like.  Along with being simple to install, these pickups exhibit excellent feedback rejection and good string to string balance. All HFN-C's are designed to be used with a preamp - for best results, the HFN-C passive may be paired up with one of our outboard preamps.

The HFN-C series of pickups utilizes an elegant combination of materials: 3D printed ABS for its main structure and arching along with a light weight brass shell for its noise shielded piezo unit. Total weight of the pickup is a very light 0.2 ounces (7 grams). It will not affect the acoustic sound of the instrument when not in use.  The HFN-C will fit virtually all classical guitars. The only hole that needs to be drilled is for the endpin jack.

The HFN-C series for nylon string classicals and flamenco guitars is available in three basic model types: 
The HFN-C Player (passive) which does not come with a preamp, 
The HFN-C Active which comes with a single channel endpin jack preamp,
and the HFN-C Artist which comes with a two channel endpin jack preamp that can be run on phantom power.

Both Active and Artist II variants are also available with thumbwheel controls

Price: £121.00

Model:Please select ...HFN-C Active (single channel) (£176.00)HFN-C Active VT (£194.00)HFN-C Artist (dual channel) (£213.00)HFN-C Artist +1 (£230.00)

Here's a flow chart to help you determine which model of HFN-C best suits your needs

The HFN-C pickups are designed to flex and move along with the soundboard of the instrument. There is a certain amount of flex built into the arching of the pickup base. In additon, there is both some flex allowed and some isolation from the soundboard provided by the 3M VHB mounting tape.

Utilizing a single piezo sensing element that comes into contact with the soundboard of the guitar through the 'feet' of the pickup base allows for several things. First, the HFN-C is able to sample from more than one spot and to sample those spots across a span of time. Second, since we are able to do all this with just the one element, the chances of creating mechanical phasing issues caused by having to use more than one sensing element is eliminated.

The HFN-C Passive pickup is designed to be used with a preamp. They will generally work quite decently without one when plugged into a good quality guitar amp. However, they will work better and the sound will be enhanced by using an outboard preamp.  Note that a preamp will be needed for use with a mixer or P.A. system.

HFN-C Installation Instructions

The HFN-C Active pairs the HFN-C sensor with a single channel Player endpin jack preamp. The Active VT includes thumbwheel volume and tone controls.

HFN-C Active Installation Instructions

The HFN-C Artist pickups pair the HFN-C sensor with  dual channel Artist II endpin jack preamp. The Artist Plus 1 adds a single thumbwheel volume control. These preamps may be run from an onboard 9 volt battery as well as from phantom power.

HFN-C Artist Installation Intructions