Hello folks,
I recently had a customer who returned a Woody HC that had really low output. I had him test it out at my shop, and we had to crank his amp all the way up to get moderate volume. We also tried it through my amp & compared it with a piezo equipped guitar. It seemed so low in output, I suggested he return it under warranty.
He's now interested in upgrading to the SA-1 Acoustic Tube. I'm trying to find reviews of both of these products, but there is very little, and what is out there is not promising. It looks like the SA-1 might have even lower output than the Woody.
Is it the nature of these passive acoustic pickups to be so low in output? My piezo pickup (with preamp, of course) is much, much louder than my customer's Woody. I expected it to be louder, but the Woody seems to have impractically low output. I could find nothing physically wrong with the pickup, though.
Bottom line: What can be expected of a properly working Woody, and how does the the SA-1 compare, as far as volume output goes?
Thanks.
I recently had a customer who returned a Woody HC that had really low output. I had him test it out at my shop, and we had to crank his amp all the way up to get moderate volume. We also tried it through my amp & compared it with a piezo equipped guitar. It seemed so low in output, I suggested he return it under warranty.
He's now interested in upgrading to the SA-1 Acoustic Tube. I'm trying to find reviews of both of these products, but there is very little, and what is out there is not promising. It looks like the SA-1 might have even lower output than the Woody.
Is it the nature of these passive acoustic pickups to be so low in output? My piezo pickup (with preamp, of course) is much, much louder than my customer's Woody. I expected it to be louder, but the Woody seems to have impractically low output. I could find nothing physically wrong with the pickup, though.
Bottom line: What can be expected of a properly working Woody, and how does the the SA-1 compare, as far as volume output goes?
Thanks.
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