Schatten Design's continuing quest to build the finest pickups, preamps, and related accessories in the world has produced some truly fine new products. For the first time there is an intelligent endpin jack preamp design that doesn't require a battery inside an instrument and still gives you powering options. Also, in continuing with our desire to make pickups and jack assemblies as non-invasive as possible, there are two new series of pickups for the mandolin and bouzouki families of instruments that simply stick onto existing bridges.

     New jack assemblies have been designed that no longer clamp to an instrument's side, thus providing a safer and more secure means of attaching an output jack. Instruments with much thicker bodies can now have a good jack assembly added without damage. Low in profile and mounting quickly and easily from the instruments tailpiece, these new jack assemblies are a much better solution than what has previously been available.

     Refinements and additions to existing pickup lines are continuing as always, as well as our normal on-going development of new pickups and products. Stay tuned for what's coming up next.....