Pickup/Guitar combinations

[rdx913]

Ok. So I think I decided to get a K&K pure mini and the D-tar Timberline (or wavelength). Now I just have to decide which guitars I should put them in.  :D

I have two guitars (that i would want them to be in): a rosewood/sitka dreadnought (big, open vintage dreadnought sound which is great for strumming) and an OM mahogany/sitka (very responsive, clear, fingerstyle guitar).

Which pickup should I put in which guitar and why?

On the outside, it probably looks like I should do the K&K in the OM and the D-tar in the dreadnought probably just based on the sound levels: I will probably be in louder (strummier) situations with the dreadnought. Right? But what about the other way around? The K&K in the dreadnought and the D-tar in the Timberline? I hear that the K&K expresses complex signals well and to my ear, the rosewood has a MUCH more complex sound with harmonic undertones up the wazoo. And isn't the timberline's signal relatively simple? A good pair for a responsive, more one-dimensional sound?

Any answers or even suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

[sdelsolray]

Good questions.  The basic answer is probably "we don't know".  Let me ask few questions.  Why have you chosen the K&K and D-TAR pickups?  Why two diferent pickups?  Why not two of the same pickup?  Wouldn't that be an easier starting pl ace before you decide on he remainder of your signal chain (which is more imporant than the pickup choice)?

[woody b]

I'd put the K&K in the OM and the D-Tar in the Dred.  The K&K will probably be too boomy in the dred. 

[dberch]

I agree with woody b.  K&K in the OM.