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Acoustic Guitar Electronics:
Acoustic guitar electronics can be the most touchy and the most rewarding finishing touches a guitar player can do to his or her new instrument. While installing a great system can enhance your tone, installing a bad system can limit your abilities. Below we give you some of the best options we've found. In the end the choice is yours and we recommend you take your time.
Most guitar players don't want to cut into their new instrument so we'll be giving you choices that don't cut the guitar.
Undersaddle transducer pickup:
Undersaddle pickups are generally good for when you have to cut through a band and limit feedback
Internal Mic:
An internal mic set up is great for getting the true sound of the guitar
Under Bridge Sensors:
These are great systems because they give you that "woody" tone.
Combination Systems:
Combining an undersaddle pickup, internal mic, and sometimes under bridge sensors can make your guitar versatile and give you a great arsenal of tone.
Below are some of the best companies that carry these types of systems. Many exist so shop around.
Trance Audio: The Amulet is a true-stereo acoustic guitar pickup and preamplifier system designed for the professional or semi-professional musician who is not satisfied with traditional saddle or magnetic pickups.
KK Sound: Since 1984, K&K Sound has manufactured top-quality pickups, microphones, and preamps for a variety of instruments including acoustic guitar, archtop/jazz guitar, resonator guitar, upright/double bass, banjo, mandolin, saxophone, flute, piano, harp, violin, cello, accordion, harmonica, and more.
Highlander: Advanced, High Quality Pickups and Microphones, for Acoustic Guitars, Resonator Guitars
Acoustic Bass Guitars and Upright Bass .
LR Baggs: Advanced pickups and electronics for guitar and other stringed instruments.
Doug Young Guitar: Here is a website we've found that has the best assortment of sound clips available to judge for yourself about your new acoustic system.
Jackson Browne: Check out the clips from Jackson's new solo acoustic live CD. He uses the Trance Audio Amulet System. Over the course of more than three decades, Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music
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