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| Author: | John Coloccia [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Help me pick a cheap, workable acoustic pickup |
The guitar is some sort of Ibanez....Artist, or something like that. Cheap acoustic. The guitar is owned by a friend. It's really in need of a neck reset. I told him I would do it, but if we went down that road I would have to charge him for it and it's just not worth it. I told him I would just do what I could quickly do at the bridge, so I brought the saddle down to where I could get a reasonably good playing guitar, and dragged the string slots forwards, 1/4" in some places, to get a reasonable break angle. It's not perfect, but it's playing and it didn't cost him anything. I figure if I ever end up doing a neck reset for him, I'll just replace the bridge at that point for him too...that would be a minor expense at that point. Now we're looking at adding a cheap pickup. I don't do much with acoustic electronics, so I don't really know what's out there and what's reasonable. The other thing I'm a little concerned about is if I have enough of a break angle to drive a piezo under the saddle. I have about 10 degrees or so. This isn't a gigging musician....he just plays a couple of times a year at his family farm....waits until 1:00am to sing...that kind of guy, so this just really needs to work, not be the voice of the gods. I don't want junk, though. So just looking for recommendations. |
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| Author: | Dave Rickard [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me pick a cheap, workable acoustic pickup |
I have made them out of Radio Shak buzzers kind of like this http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/ ... ezo-pickup But I replace the wires with a shielded one like they did here http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-f ... p005.shtml I also cover the wire side of the piezo with hot glue, it seems to improve the sound s little. These are passive so don't expect a lot of sound, but they work okay for coffee shop settings I think a pre amp helps a lot. |
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| Author: | Ron Belanger [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me pick a cheap, workable acoustic pickup |
K & K make reasonably priced excellent pickups |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me pick a cheap, workable acoustic pickup |
JJB Electronics makes inexpensive piezo pickups already wired with a jack to plug right in. Here is a link to one of their pickups: http://www.jjb-electronics.com/PPS-200.html  Their top of the line model is $80.00 with volume and tone controls. Never used them, but I have heard good things. |
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| Author: | Neil Gardiner [ Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Help me pick a cheap, workable acoustic pickup |
Try Shatten. Made in Canada. Easy to put in and they sound pretty great too. (Thanks for the help in the Electric forum by the way) Neil |
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