sound hole pickups

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Permalink Reply by Judgestone on March 23, 2009 at 7:36pm

I personally use the cheap Seymour Duncan Maverick Soundhole Pickups. The work great to me. I have taken a few of them and cut the chord, soldered them to a end jack, and permanently fixed them in my guitars, and as I said they work great, especially if playing through a DI box, or into an electric amp. I run mine into two stereo'd Classic Vox AC30's. Work great with pedals also. I know they are cheap, but they work just as well as the Tahoe's, and others.

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Permalink Reply by John J. Cebula on March 27, 2009 at 9:52am

I'm in a similar situation. But I'm wondering if pickups are the way to go, or would a mike work better? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method of amplification?

My other acoustics have all come with a built-in pickup. I haven't found an amp that reproduces what I hear when I play unplugged.

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Permalink Reply by kevin on March 27, 2009 at 10:22am

Hi John: i know to my ears that will never happen--at least in my budget ;-)
the 3 guitars i use outside most often all have permant mounted pick ups, but
have 2 that dont. honestly, i think a good quality microphone is the way to go
for the most honest sound, but where i play the house system is a very small
p a, an acoustic amp, & 1 mike. im just looking to keep it simple i guess.

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