I think it depends what kind of electronics you grab. I've heard a lot of people using preamps if they go for passive amplification (like the K&K mini I mentioned earlier). From what I've read they're really just there to bring weak signals up to proper levels and to provide some additional tone shaping.Errant Tiger wrote:This is probably a stupid question, but after sticking a pickup into my Guild, would I necessarily need a preamp? I've never used or needed one before - but is that just built into a dedicated a/e already?
Acoustic Guitar Pickups
Moderator: Ghost Hip
-
MrNovember
- Modulae of BILF
- Posts: 5314
- Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:24 pm
- Location: GTA
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
-
MrNovember
- Modulae of BILF
- Posts: 5314
- Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:24 pm
- Location: GTA
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
Also, I've been messing around with the pickup goroth lent me and it is pretty rad! Sounds much more acoustic like than I was expecting. I kind of thought most sound hole pickups were more similar to electric pickups and I wasn't really expecting the acoustic sound to come across.
It's incredibly fun sending it through some dirt and delays. Played for a good couple hours with it through my Tetanus Booster, Rainbow Machine, Clarinot, and Transmisser. The only thing I don't really like is having the wire hanging out the sound hole. It's gotten in the way a few times and it's just annoying when I'm playing unplugged. I've seen a few people tape them down, but I'm not sure I want to commit to that yet.
It's incredibly fun sending it through some dirt and delays. Played for a good couple hours with it through my Tetanus Booster, Rainbow Machine, Clarinot, and Transmisser. The only thing I don't really like is having the wire hanging out the sound hole. It's gotten in the way a few times and it's just annoying when I'm playing unplugged. I've seen a few people tape them down, but I'm not sure I want to commit to that yet.
-
Errant Tiger
- experienced
- Posts: 627
- Joined: Thu May 21, 2015 10:10 pm
- Location: Massachusetts
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
Ohhhhh! I always thought preamps were there to control feedback, or something, when really it is apparently the opposite. That's good to know - the K&K mini is actually what I've been contemplating.MrNovember wrote:I think it depends what kind of electronics you grab. I've heard a lot of people using preamps if they go for passive amplification (like the K&K mini I mentioned earlier). From what I've read they're really just there to bring weak signals up to proper levels and to provide some additional tone shaping.Errant Tiger wrote:This is probably a stupid question, but after sticking a pickup into my Guild, would I necessarily need a preamp? I've never used or needed one before - but is that just built into a dedicated a/e already?
Also, I had the same ideas about soundhole pickups that you did. Good to know!
Thanks!
Albums: http://reticence.bandcamp.com/releases
Attempts at uncovering a New England Psychedelia: https://www.instagram.com/reticenceband AND https://soundcloud.com/reticenceband/
Attempts at uncovering a New England Psychedelia: https://www.instagram.com/reticenceband AND https://soundcloud.com/reticenceband/
-
MrNovember
- Modulae of BILF
- Posts: 5314
- Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:24 pm
- Location: GTA
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
I think the EQ in a preamp can still be used to help control feedback by cutting frequencies that are causing issues.
I'm still considering the K&K mini as well, so let me know how it is if you grab it.
I'm still considering the K&K mini as well, so let me know how it is if you grab it.
-
MrNovember
- Modulae of BILF
- Posts: 5314
- Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:24 pm
- Location: GTA
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
So I've been playing a bit with the pickup that goroth lent me and I am really enjoying it, but I found this thing and I am super tempted:
https://www.submarinepickup.com/sub-pro-index
It's way more than I'd want to spend, but it seems like a really cool idea. I need to read some reviews to know if it's worth the price. Anyone try either this or the original Submarine pickup?
Also, where is repoman? I fucking want this:
https://www.submarinepickup.com/sub-pro-index
It's way more than I'd want to spend, but it seems like a really cool idea. I need to read some reviews to know if it's worth the price. Anyone try either this or the original Submarine pickup?
Also, where is repoman? I fucking want this:
repoman wrote:
This Silvertone amp (top left) was 3 dollars at a garage sale, stuffed in the back was this old archtop pickup unit. It sounds really, really good. Amazingly so, even on this crummy old kit acoustic.
The Silvertone amp sounds very good too.
-
$harkToootth
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 5861
- Joined: Fri May 06, 2016 3:28 pm
- Location: FACING IT!!!
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
@repoman - That thing looks ace!
So I've been using $15 gold foil knock offs from amazon. I think they sound good. My studio buddy likes them too. Not for "what they are". We think they just sound good.
I'm going to take this time to say how much I love Lindsay Buckingham's guitar too.
They make cheap knock offs of them now too! SCORE!!! (I don't have one but a $300 option is available)
So I've been using $15 gold foil knock offs from amazon. I think they sound good. My studio buddy likes them too. Not for "what they are". We think they just sound good.
I'm going to take this time to say how much I love Lindsay Buckingham's guitar too.
They make cheap knock offs of them now too! SCORE!!! (I don't have one but a $300 option is available)
"SWIPE LEFT ASSHOLE!" -retinal orbita
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
-
Gone Fission
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 4820
- Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:50 pm
- Location: The ungovernable tribal regions southwest of D.C.
- Contact:
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
Wait, what?! What clones and where can someone get one?
D.o.S. wrote:Broadly speaking, if we at ILF are dropping 300 bucks on a pedal it probably sounds like an SNES holocaust.
friendship wrote:death to false bleep-blop
UglyCasanova wrote:brb gonna slap my dick on my stomp boxes
-
dubkitty
- Supporter
- Posts: 14166
- Joined: Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:03 pm
- Location: somewhere between Never-Never Land and Wonderland, in a place called Never Wonder Land
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
yeah, BREAK, Y'ALL!
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
FIFTY YEARS OF SCARING THE CHILDREN 1970-2020--and i'm not done yet
DUBZ LOOPZ 2: THE NEXT GENERATION OUT NOW: https://on.soundcloud.com/9HKgc5xbaaYz6FNL7
DUBZ ÄLTER LOOPZ (2012-14): https://soundcloud.com/dubkitteh-1/sets ... ks-2012-14
FIFTY YEARS OF SCARING THE CHILDREN 1970-2020--and i'm not done yet
DUBZ LOOPZ 2: THE NEXT GENERATION OUT NOW: https://on.soundcloud.com/9HKgc5xbaaYz6FNL7
DUBZ ÄLTER LOOPZ (2012-14): https://soundcloud.com/dubkitteh-1/sets ... ks-2012-14
-
$harkToootth
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 5861
- Joined: Fri May 06, 2016 3:28 pm
- Location: FACING IT!!!
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
I just saw this. Sorry buddy. Will follow up. I swear I saw them for like $300.Gone Fission wrote:Wait, what?! What clones and where can someone get one?
"SWIPE LEFT ASSHOLE!" -retinal orbita
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
-
$harkToootth
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 5861
- Joined: Fri May 06, 2016 3:28 pm
- Location: FACING IT!!!
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
https://www.dhgate.com/product/rare-ric ... 51EALw_wcB
DH Gate. On iPad. Not embedding the link. The body shape is not nearly as sleek.
DH Gate. On iPad. Not embedding the link. The body shape is not nearly as sleek.
"SWIPE LEFT ASSHOLE!" -retinal orbita
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
-
Blackened Soul
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 4655
- Joined: Wed May 04, 2011 1:41 am
- Location: puget sound where even the moss is covered in moss
- Contact:
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
you know.. some of us have had to play cover gigs full of shit off rumors 
-
$harkToootth
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 5861
- Joined: Fri May 06, 2016 3:28 pm
- Location: FACING IT!!!
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
You know I love and respect you not just as a friend, but as a musician (you have albums in my best of the decade list) but.... I’m having a hard time feeling bad for you on this oneBlackened Soul wrote:you know.. some of us have had to play cover gigs full of shit off rumors
"SWIPE LEFT ASSHOLE!" -retinal orbita
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
-
Blackened Soul
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 4655
- Joined: Wed May 04, 2011 1:41 am
- Location: puget sound where even the moss is covered in moss
- Contact:
-
$harkToootth
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 5861
- Joined: Fri May 06, 2016 3:28 pm
- Location: FACING IT!!!
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
I think I like repoman’s guitar more.
"SWIPE LEFT ASSHOLE!" -retinal orbita
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
"Whatever ASSHOLE here’s my pedal that makes humpback whale noises and also it has a built in sequencer so stick it in your craw! -retinal orbita
"Patty Mullen takes me from a ball peen to a sledge" -The Great Velvet Hammer
"...at this exact moment Divine has learned of your jealous scheme from the local town gossip. She also has your address, ASS HOLE!" -Narrator (Mr. J) PINK FLAMINGOS
1 bird per post please
-
fcknoise
- IAMILFFAMOUS
- Posts: 4008
- Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2014 4:01 pm
- Location: Stockholm
- Contact:
Re: Acoustic Guitar Pickups
What in the world! That picture is so boner inducing I have lost the feeling in all other extremitiesMrNovember wrote:So I've been playing a bit with the pickup that goroth lent me and I am really enjoying it, but I found this thing and I am super tempted:
https://www.submarinepickup.com/sub-pro-index
It's way more than I'd want to spend, but it seems like a really cool idea. I need to read some reviews to know if it's worth the price. Anyone try either this or the original Submarine pickup?
Also, where is repoman? I fucking want this:repoman wrote:
This Silvertone amp (top left) was 3 dollars at a garage sale, stuffed in the back was this old archtop pickup unit. It sounds really, really good. Amazingly so, even on this crummy old kit acoustic.
The Silvertone amp sounds very good too.
Cydonia wrote: Too bad no one here is interested in talking about "gear"
BossMann73 wrote:I didn't insult it......I "curated" a "different aesthetic.".
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sharkmovieappriciatorJohn wrote:I love how this forum has the GDP of Switzerland in pedals but the collective value of everyone's patch cables is less than the change in my couch cushions. And I don't have a couch.
Bandcamp: https://fcknoise.bandcamp.com/