Good pickup for acoustic...?
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itś not a piezo, but...people whoǘe borrowed my Yamaha acoustic say it sounds great with itś Dean Markley Pro-Mag. i think it was replaced by the Pro-Mag Plus and Pro Mag Grand.
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itś not a piezo, but...people whoǘe borrowed my Yamaha acoustic say it sounds great with itś Dean Markley Pro-Mag. i think it was replaced by the Pro-Mag Plus and Pro Mag Grand.
http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?c...ck=0&blowouts=0&ob=pop&filter=&q=&form=search
guitarkid
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Ok thanks for the suggestion. I really am not sure what I want though. I would like a pickup with a preamp also so I can adjust the tone and volume and every thing too, but I really don't want to cut a hole in my Taylor. I know that you get one that the preamp sits in the inside edge of the sound hole where you can just adjust the vol and tone but I'm having trouble finding them anywhere...
Ok thanks for the suggestion. I really am not sure what I want though. I would like a pickup with a preamp also so I can adjust the tone and volume and every thing too, but I really don't want to cut a hole in my Taylor. I know that you get one that the preamp sits in the inside edge of the sound hole where you can just adjust the vol and tone but I'm having trouble finding them anywhere...
jake_xms3_punk
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i prefer to mic too. but i do have a Pro Mag in my acoustic. i had the output jack cut off and had it wired to an end pin jack.
i prefer to mic too. but i do have a Pro Mag in my acoustic. i had the output jack cut off and had it wired to an end pin jack.
Aceman
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If you really want to make it sound good:
#1 It will not be cheap
#2 You want a Piezo PLUS an internal mike
If you want all of that delicious Taylor tone to come through there is no simple cheap solution. However - to get it amplified I'll go with get the best sound hole pup you can.
Honestly...I'm a little worried here. Are you going to chop this thing up?
If you really want to make it sound good:
#1 It will not be cheap
#2 You want a Piezo PLUS an internal mike
If you want all of that delicious Taylor tone to come through there is no simple cheap solution. However - to get it amplified I'll go with get the best sound hole pup you can.
Honestly...I'm a little worried here. Are you going to chop this thing up?
guitarkid
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As I said, I really don't want to cut a hole in the guitar (but if I have to it won't bother me that much since its just a Taylor 110) but I don't want a pickup that doesn't have a preamp. Thats why I'm really considering the Fishman Matrix Infinity since the preamp sits in the inside edge of the sound hole. And most of the soundhole pickups I find don't have any volume or tone controls, its just plug in and play.
As I said, I really don't want to cut a hole in the guitar (but if I have to it won't bother me that much since its just a Taylor 110) but I don't want a pickup that doesn't have a preamp. Thats why I'm really considering the Fishman Matrix Infinity since the preamp sits in the inside edge of the sound hole. And most of the soundhole pickups I find don't have any volume or tone controls, its just plug in and play.
Boogie Bill
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I installed a Fishman Eclipse Matrix Blend in my Martin D-28 and it works very well. I have a 2002 Taylor 710 CE with the Fishman Stereo Matrix Blend, and it works well, though the Martin is a better sounding guitar. The Eclipse Blend is about $250, and the Eclipse Aura, runs about $300.
Still, I would get some kind of a small gig bag, and get yourself a Shure SM-57 and mic clip, a good guitar cable, a good MIC cable, and a direct box like the Radial Pro DI Passive Direct Box to take to gigs with you. Sometimes, you just can't beat the sound of a good microphone; and the Shure SM-57 is a good, seviceable, professional microphone. It is a good match for the Taylor. The Direct Box will come in handy on bigger stages and will make the sound of your guitar's pickup compatible with a pro mixer, giving you less noise, etc. Taylor makes a very nice gig bag that you can use to haul these items to the gig, with plenty of extra room for capos, picks, strings, string winder, side cutters, nail clippers, etc. STRONGLY Recommended.
There are a lot of good pickups on the market. K & K and L.R. Baggs also come to mind. In any case, I prefer the dual-source (mic or magnet pickup plus under saddle transducer) systems. I am very happy with my Fishman pickups.
Good luck!
Bill
I installed a Fishman Eclipse Matrix Blend in my Martin D-28 and it works very well. I have a 2002 Taylor 710 CE with the Fishman Stereo Matrix Blend, and it works well, though the Martin is a better sounding guitar. The Eclipse Blend is about $250, and the Eclipse Aura, runs about $300.
Still, I would get some kind of a small gig bag, and get yourself a Shure SM-57 and mic clip, a good guitar cable, a good MIC cable, and a direct box like the Radial Pro DI Passive Direct Box to take to gigs with you. Sometimes, you just can't beat the sound of a good microphone; and the Shure SM-57 is a good, seviceable, professional microphone. It is a good match for the Taylor. The Direct Box will come in handy on bigger stages and will make the sound of your guitar's pickup compatible with a pro mixer, giving you less noise, etc. Taylor makes a very nice gig bag that you can use to haul these items to the gig, with plenty of extra room for capos, picks, strings, string winder, side cutters, nail clippers, etc. STRONGLY Recommended.
There are a lot of good pickups on the market. K & K and L.R. Baggs also come to mind. In any case, I prefer the dual-source (mic or magnet pickup plus under saddle transducer) systems. I am very happy with my Fishman pickups.
Good luck!
Bill
