What acoustic pickup is this?

  1. Over in the Forgotten Bass Lines thread, AndyJ posted this video of Stealer's Wheel playing "Stuck in The Middle". My question is: what is the pickup system that Gerry Rafferty (I assume that's him, anyways) has in his acoustic guitar? It looks like it has a pickup at the end of the neck, and then another across the soundhole.

    I just bought a Blueridge BG-60 which is unamplified, and I'm looking at various kinds of pickups, and this one is intriguing. Any help would be appreciated.

  2. there's a good view of the pickups at 1:09 in.

  3. Some type of DeArmond?

  4. Definitely a Rowe-DeArmond. Very common back in the '60s.

  5. Forgot to thank the folks who responded. Thanks, y'all!

    Unfortunately, the Rowe-DeArmonds I found online were a little out of my price range. I managed to find an Dean Markley La Jolla pickup system for pretty low $$$ on eBay instead.

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