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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I'm not taking my '05 to Samoa on my next contract as there have been a few too many break and enters in the last 2 months.
So I'm taking my beater (which plays and sounds MUCH better than it should) for my regular Friday night acoustic jam. (Which is no longer 'acoustic'..)
So, what's the preferred pickup options from the brains trust? I'd like something with onboard volume control. EQ not necessary - maybe just a tone knob.
Preferrably something I could install permanently, not one of those soundhole jobbys.
The saddle on this particular guitar sits in a steel bridge which is suspended in the timber bridge held by 2 adjusting screws. It's like a hybrid acoustic/solid body bridge.
Only ever seen one other guitar with this setup. (Ozwatto) Piss easy to adjust action, but not sure how it will cope with an under saddle pickup. |
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Location: Scotland | if you intend to install an undersaddle you will need to ditch the ajustable bridge and have a replacement non-adjusable saddle made of the correct height. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | what Paul said. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Short of that, what options are there for attaching a sensor to the soundboard, under the bridge? |
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Location: NJ | K & K is one of the best but if it is a beater just get a soundhole pickup
dean markley's are cheap and work ok |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Muzz, I've got one of those Dean Markley things hanging around somewhere. Do you want me to have a look? Or are you really looking for something more permanent.
If I find it and you'll use it, you can have it for nix. I used it for years on my legend (the salesman talked me out of a 1717). |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Hey Richard. I'll have it if you can find it. Don't think I want to spend my Christmas break installing a new bridge.
Get it in the post ASAP, I'm leaving on the 21st Jan. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | get a different wood box. I don't think the K&K would work that well if the saddle isn't in hard contact with the top. An adjustable usually never is. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Muzz, I'll have a look tonight. Text or email me your postal address. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I believe that John Pearse makes a soundboard pickup that can be mounted internally or externally on a guitar. |
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Location: Michigan | Those sound hole jobbies can sound pretty spectacular...Lyle Lovett uses a Sunrise and it is the best sounding guitar I have heard on Elvis Costelo's show...
I would not hesitate to get a Sunrise if I needed a soundhole pickup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qQncDY9P4 |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I like this one
GHS at Stewmac |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Richard. Did you get my text? |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by twistedlim:
Those sound hole jobbies can sound pretty spectacular...Lyle Lovett uses a Sunrise and it is the best sounding guitar I have heard on Elvis Costelo's show...
I would not hesitate to get a Sunrise if I needed a soundhole pickup.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8qQncDY9P4 |
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