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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Which Markley pick-up would work better in a deep-bowl Ovation;
PROMAG PLUS PICKUP
Dean Markley's ProMag Plus™ acoustical pickup has become an industry standard. ProMag's perfect balance and maple wood housing give it that smooth, high-end response that you want from an acoustical pickup. ProMag is unsurpassed.
Being a single coil pickup, the ProMag Plus™ has bell-like harmonics that sing like no other acoustical pickup. ProMag has gained recognition as the finest sounding acoustic pickup made. ProMag is voiced and balanced at the factory for perfect string balance—treble strings and bass strings will ring out with the same volume. An award wining 15 foot low noise, double-shielded cable terminated with a solderless 1/4" nickel jack gives you freedom of movement with no worry of noise or hum.
Plug into Dean Markley's ProMag Plus™ Acoustical Pickup and see just how good your acoustic guitar can sound.
or
Markley Pro Mag Gold: PROMAG GOLD PICKUP
The new ProMag Gold™ is one sweet pickup! A patented Zero-Hum humbucking coil and special magnet structure—teamed up with Dean's “Hot B-Fix” , Award winning double-shielded, super low-noise cable, terminated with a special Solderless Gold Plated jack, makes the ProMag Gold™ humbucking pickup one of, if not the, finest magnetic acoustic pickups in our known Universe. (And we've sent scouts out checking it all out!)
This information copied from the Markley website.
I like a true acoustic sound. There is only a 10.00 difference between the two (39.99 for the "Plus", and 49.99 for the "Gold") so that is not an issue. I just wonder which pick-up will give me the best ACOUSTICAL sound?
Norse(I apologize for the length of the post)man1 |
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Location: Shelton, Washington, USA | Norse(pithy phrase in parentheses)man, Perhaps you could try going to a music store that carries both pick-ups and do a side by side comparison.... and pick the one that you feel gives you the sound you like best.
Personally, I've used Markley Pro Mags.... If you gave one to me, I'd put in the garage sale pile (and I wouldn'd ask very much for it come sale time.) |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Fair enough Jiminos. I probably should check out their sound. I think it's obvious from my post, I'm trying to keep my costs down. Not performing, just playing. Someday when I can afford to, I will move up to a higher quality pick-up. My main question I guess more specifically, would be if a regular single coil, or a Humbuckling coil would give the best acoustic sound. As I recall, the state of the art Ovations years back used a single coil. People that use them today, still like them. Perhaps that's the route I should take.
Norse(let me know when you start your junk "for sale" pile, one man's junk, is another man's treasure. Just ask the guy who pawned the Legend I bought!)man1 |
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Location: Scotland | No matter which magnetic pickup you buy, and regardless of what the manufacturers say, one thing is absolutely certain, they all work much better if you use nickel, rather than phosphor- bronze or bronze strings. If you use bronze strings with a magnetic pickup the pickup is only really "hearing" the core of the wound strings. Tone, output & string balance is improved considerably with nickel-wound, electric guitar strings.
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Good point Paul. Since most of my playing is unplugged, and I like the Bronze string sound, perhaps I'm better off buying a good external microphone to pick-up my guitar.
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Location: NJ | oh man buying a mic is a big can of worms and then itis only as good as the PA that is used to power it.....try the lace sensor. |
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Location: Back in the Valley of the Sun Mesa Az. | Thanks Al. Do you have a link at which I can check out a lace sensor? I would like to learn more about it. I'm guessing you mean a lace sensor that is specifically designed to use in an acoustic guitar.
Norse(by the way, what's your take on the Markley products Al?)man1
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Location: NJ | do a google search on lace sensor and get to their site I do not have a link. look for the california acoustic pickup that is the one I am familiar with and like vey much.
The Dean Markley are good pickups I used to carry them but there are better ones out there. I was never a big fan of the fishman systems but they do work well. In all honesty you really can;t beat the ovation or takamine on board pickups and preamps. |
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