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Great pickup - make it even better!
This pick up is very good in it’s class and I don’t have too much to add to the comments which are already done here.
I’ll try to find the solutions for the ‘contras’ mentioned and get some ways to overcome them.
1. Some people complains about the cable which seems not of very good quality to them. Some folks complains about the fact that the cable can’t be detached, or ‘unplugged’ from the pickup itself.
The reasons are very simple and explainable I think.
First of all, any guitar cable of good quality is comparable in price with the price if this recent pickup. Isn’t it?
Suggestions could be the following. You can cut the cable leaving some 0-30 cm ‘tail’ which could be equipped by female 3.5 mm (cable type) jack socket.
Please don’t buy the cheap ones – any jacks by Sennheiser, Swithcraft, Neutric are fine. Preferably with the screws so you never lose the electric connection…
Then you can choose any guitar cable you like and replace one of the 6 5 mm standard jacks with a small one, 3.5 mm jack which fits the socket you’ve installed.
Then you don’t need to wrap your guitar with cables – just unplug the long part and leave the short one inside your guitar.
2. Some buyers complains about the situation when the height of pick up gets to high after it’s installation, so the strings lays down right on a pickup making the playing impossible.
Suggestion: The pickup’ holders are equipped with gaskets made of cork, to exclude damage of coating of the guitar top or the upper deck, if you wish. Thickness of cork is about 4 millimeters. You can replace the cork’s upper parts of the gaskets with a softer material - polyurethane foam or something similar. You can even put pieces of thin velvet or corduroy instead. Then we can decrease the height and opportunity to lower the pickup by 2-3 millimeters down. The screws shouldn’t be tighten too strong – just to keep pick up on its place and make no mechanical noises. That’s it. Have fun!
I’ll try to find the solutions for the ‘contras’ mentioned and get some ways to overcome them.
1. Some people complains about the cable which seems not of very good quality to them. Some folks complains about the fact that the cable can’t be detached, or ‘unplugged’ from the pickup itself.
The reasons are very simple and explainable I think.
First of all, any guitar cable of good quality is comparable in price with the price if this recent pickup. Isn’t it?
Suggestions could be the following. You can cut the cable leaving some 0-30 cm ‘tail’ which could be equipped by female 3.5 mm (cable type) jack socket.
Please don’t buy the cheap ones – any jacks by Sennheiser, Swithcraft, Neutric are fine. Preferably with the screws so you never lose the electric connection…
Then you can choose any guitar cable you like and replace one of the 6 5 mm standard jacks with a small one, 3.5 mm jack which fits the socket you’ve installed.
Then you don’t need to wrap your guitar with cables – just unplug the long part and leave the short one inside your guitar.
2. Some buyers complains about the situation when the height of pick up gets to high after it’s installation, so the strings lays down right on a pickup making the playing impossible.
Suggestion: The pickup’ holders are equipped with gaskets made of cork, to exclude damage of coating of the guitar top or the upper deck, if you wish. Thickness of cork is about 4 millimeters. You can replace the cork’s upper parts of the gaskets with a softer material - polyurethane foam or something similar. You can even put pieces of thin velvet or corduroy instead. Then we can decrease the height and opportunity to lower the pickup by 2-3 millimeters down. The screws shouldn’t be tighten too strong – just to keep pick up on its place and make no mechanical noises. That’s it. Have fun!
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One of the best
I use it with my takamine acoustic guitar. I do not perform in the gigs or something, but i can tell that it is really good product that can make your acoustic guitar sound so good. I plug my guitar to my amp and adding reverb and delay on it it is so good together.
pros and cons
pros, it is simple to put in your soundhole you just need a screwdriver to make it tight on your soundhole and thats it ! sounds good and clear very clear !
cons - the only thing is cable lenght is short but if you have your amp next to you if you perform in a gig or smthn thats not a problem .. if you will walk with your guitar on the stage you may need to make extension to your cable.
pros and cons
pros, it is simple to put in your soundhole you just need a screwdriver to make it tight on your soundhole and thats it ! sounds good and clear very clear !
cons - the only thing is cable lenght is short but if you have your amp next to you if you perform in a gig or smthn thats not a problem .. if you will walk with your guitar on the stage you may need to make extension to your cable.
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Decent sound, non-invasive and easy installation
I bought this coil to make my acoustic guitar louder and it works perfect, the sound is very good! Worth the price, I recommend it
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It does a good job
Had this single coil for few years attached to a decent acoustic.
The sound capture is pretty well. No any other noises and works great with different amps.
The sound capture is pretty well. No any other noises and works great with different amps.
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Nice and smooth
Lovely sound from this. I only used it recording, so have no idea how it performs live, but it did a great job for me. I would recommend this item, if you are on a budget and want to turn your standard acoustic to a very usable semi, with the need to drill and modify.
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Excellent
There's a little bit of buzz from it in my setup but i think they all do that.
Sounds consistently amplified between the top and the bottom strings. This is exactly what I was looking for, and i'm glad i bought it.
Works well with looper pedal and acoustic guitar
Sounds consistently amplified between the top and the bottom strings. This is exactly what I was looking for, and i'm glad i bought it.
Works well with looper pedal and acoustic guitar
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Fishman
I wouldnt record acoustic guitar with that pickup, but for the money it serves its purpose, practicing, rehearsals etc.
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Better than electro acoustic piezo
A good part of price for an electro acoustic guitar goes to electronic. Best way to sound out your acoustic guitar is product like this. Personaly i like this one the most since it is a single coil, easy mountable on vast majority guitar, no battery, no noise. Only thing maybe be great to have an pluggabe cable to magnet, but anyways this one is so damn good. And even if it have an pluggable cable could be to robust. I would say they think about everything.
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