NEW: Krivo National Slimline Humbucking Pickup for Resophonic guitars. Limited Edition Sale

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The secret is out: Krivo Pickups is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with the Legendary National Resophonic guitars. All of National's Slimline pickups are now personally handmade by myself, Jason Krivo Flores, here at Krivo Pickups in Portland, Oregon USA. The new improved Krivo Built Slimline™  pickup for resonator instruments is a proprietary design by Krivo but made to National's exacting tonal standards and optimized for their unparalleled resophonic instruments. I have a small quantity of prototypes I built for National on sale direct from Krivo Pickups for only $199.99 (regular price $245) while supplies last. They are identical to the Slimlines sold direct from National Resophonic (and their authorized dealers) except these lack the ability to bend the cable back and install permanently and do not come with the fancy metal case. Additionally, these Krivo Limited edition sale pickups—like most Krivo pickups: mount with finish-friendly putty, whereas National's mount with double-sided tape.

The Krivo-built Slimline features an integrated endpin-mounted female Switchcraft 1/4" jack: Just hang on your strap button and plug in a standard guitar cord. The pickup installs and removes in seconds.

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Krivo/National Slimline Collaborative Pickup Specifications:

• High output with a warm flattering tone: 9.2Kohms DC Resistance
• Extremely versatile with regards to string choices: Great with Phosphor Bronze, Monel, and Nickel, Strings
• Exceptionally well balanced—the best! No overly hot "b" string or weak "g" string. Uses Krivo's proprietary compensated neodymium lateral blade and humbucking intelligent coil design.
• Handmade "scatterwound" coils
• Krivo's famous optimized microphonics picks up acoustic vibrations from the instrument itself (not just the strings!).
• Top quality Mogami™ cable and Switchcraft™ connectors.

Frequently asked Questions:
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• Q:  What Strings are best with this pickup?
• A:  You can use any metal string you like with equally great results. Most players use phosphor bronze with this pickup.
• Q:  How  does the Krivo/National Slimline differ from the regular Krivo Humbucking Pickup for resophonic guitar, and            which should I choose?
•  A: The Slimline pickup is quite a bit smaller than the Krivo Resophonic and is thus able to fit more instruments.
• Additionally the National has a hotter output and (because of the aluminum housing) a warmer "sweeter" tone, while the Krivo is perhaps a tad bit more bright and "acoustic" sounding.  Both are fantastic pickups quite similar in timbre and you can't go wrong with either, another difference is that the Krivo is adjustable, however the balance on the National is superb and doesn't really need adjustability. If you cant decide, I'd recommend the Krivo if your guitar tone seems a bit muddy an the Krivo/National Slimline if your guitar tone seems a bit harsh or weak.