![]() ![]() So my take-away is this: Yep, STILL the way to go for cheap, quick, easy, and full featured acoustic guitar amplification. But still, as a rule, these systems sound quite acceptable, and make plugging in and sounding decent easy-peasy. Yep, as a general rule, they mostly sound okay, and now they are cheap as all get-out and almost ALWAYS include on-board electronics that have tone-shaping controls, a tuner, and who-knows-what else! Almost 100% are manufactured in China these days, and the quality control ain't what it used to be. 1) Under-saddle piezo systems: If you want simplicity, good sound, and maybe even some bells n whistles! If, say, you decide a sound-hole magnetic pickup is your best option, then I'll leave it up to you to decide exactly WHAT sound-hole pickup meets YOUR needs best. This WILL be a overview of the technology/topology options. and so this will NOT simply be a list of what's out there. There are already plenty of "10-best" type blogs out there (I'll link to my favs at the end). Let's talk options in a bullet-point forum. Today (2020 as I pen this) there are several great sounding systems that are NOT under-saddle pickups. ![]() But folks, technology never stands still, so please don't let your mind stand still either :-) This ladies and gents is why many folks who remember the 70's believe deeply that the under-saddle setup is the ONLY way to properly amplify an acoustic guitar. but with such a pre-amp they actually sounded a LOT more like a true acoustic guitar than anything thus far had. The early models, like the Martin thinline and the like, ALSO required an external pre-amp to sound their best. Because of that last part, we saw a brand new product arrive in the 70's, the under-saddle piezo transducer. Neither sounded very good, both required an appropriate off-board pre-amp to sound their best, and and certainly they were not very true to the acoustic tone. Then you had two options (apart from just micing it, which SUCKED), magnetic sound-hole pickups or a stick-on piezo transducer. Putting a pickup on your acoustic guitar became a big thing in the folk-fuled 1960's and 70's. ![]() You're welcome! Let's dive in.įirst the history. and there is so much to cover it could go on forever, but I promise I'll cut straight to the point and keep it brief and bring you the info you need as quickly as possible. Wow, this is such a hot topic these days. The Best Options for acoustic guitar pickups, whatcha NEED to know! ![]()
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