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Tagged with acoustic-guitar pick-ups
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How do I wire a Fishman soundhole pickup with the pickup in the soundhole and a vol (+ tone maybe) control on the guitar?
Fishman Blackstack Soundhole Pick Up - Double Stacked Humbucker
I have contacted Fishman to ask what vol pot and or tone pot I would use with this humbucker. I want to mount the pots on the guitar, ...
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Sudden death of Fishman preamp on acoustic guitar
From previous experience I know you are a source for good advices. Here is the thing.
I have a cheap Fender guitar that use to play at Church. Since they changed the cable "asigned" for guitars it ...
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How do acoustic DIs soften the harsh sound of transducer (piezo) pickups?
When you compare the raw output of an acoustic guitar recorded by a mic and by transducers mounted under the bridge, you will notice that the the transducer output sounds much harsher/crisper/uglier ...
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Guitar that can pick up body percussion, and what a guitar needs to do it
Recently I bought an Ovation guitar, after seeing some videos of people using it for percussive guitar playing, for example
here, or here. Even talking "how sensitive and well-suited it is for this ...
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Does an acoustic guitar pickup still benefit from overtones provided by wood types?
When I was buying an acoustic guitar, I was told there were different types of wood and construction principles that gave guitars different flavors. You choose this wood for a softer and rounder tone, ...
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Removable sound hole pickup for an acoustic twelve-string
I have a high-end acoustic twelve string built by the Santa Cruz guitar company. I would like to be able to amplify it when I sing with a mike. I am not willing to carve, glue, or screw into this ...
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Replacement Preamp for Yamaha APX 8D
My Yamaha APX 8D's preamplifier is broken.
Does anyone know a good replacement?
The guitar has a piezo pickup and a microphone.
There are potentiometers for volume, treble, bass and a 9V battery ...
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Acoustic guitar with humbucker pickup sounds like an electric guitar, not acoustic
Last week I had played the first time with a PA. My acoustic guitar Epiphone ej160e using mini acoustic humbucker sounds more like a clean electric guitar, not like an acoustic.
But why? Can ...
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Ways of reducing noise with single coil sound hole pickups
I currently use an sound hole single-coil magnetic pickup on my acoustic guitar so that I can get both a good "acoustic" guitar sound and so that I can drive electric guitar effects pedals.
In some ...
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what are the benefits of sound hole pickups?
1-What are the benefits of sound hole pickups? and how to choose one ?
2- Does it sound like electric guitar ?! .
I'm not sure if i really have to try it .
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Why do guitar transducers howl when run through guitar pedals?
I play both acoustic and rock music on an acoustic guitar fitted with K&K piezoelectric transducers. When I plug the acoustic guitar into my electric guitar rig the amp starts howling almost ...
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What's the difference in sound, between an acoustic guitar with a soundhole magnetic pickup and an electric guitar?
What's the difference in sound, between an acoustic guitar with a soundhole magnetic pickup and an electric guitar? I Know that el. guitars usually have more than one, but is that all? Does the hollow ...
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Help for electro-acoustic pickup? (Element Active System)
A couple of years back I bought a classical guitar (Admira Avila), and had an acoustic pickup called the Element Active System put in.
I was wondering what amps people would recommend for this ...
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Under-saddle pickup not picking up the low E string
Recently, my under-saddle B-Band pickup has gone silent, but only on the low E.
Acoustically, everything sounds just fine. The saddle hasn't been removed recently and everything appears sound.
Any ...
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is there a way to fix Seymour Duncan Woody HC Hum-Canceling Soundhole Pickup cable?
A friend that visited the States got it for me, but after half hour of using it I believe the cable got broken. Now it sounds with a buzz everytime I use it.
Is there a way to replace the cable? ...
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