JohnnyG Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 I currentlly have an acoustic guitar and i would very much like to put a pickup in it to add a bit more to its versatility. can anybody recomend a pickup that would be good for the job and wouldnt require too much modification to put in. i realise that im going to have to drill a hole for the output jack and so i was also wondering whether i would need to reinforce the area around it from the inside as always all help is apreaciated cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 could this work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Are you trying to put an electric guitar pkp in it? You know you can't use 'normal' acoustic strings anymore, right? And you don't want to use a soundhole pkp? There are lots of different soundhole pkps out there that require no drilling and no modding at all. Everyone makes one of those. If you have a piezo (and pre-amp) installed under the bridge, you can still use acoustic strings with it. If you want to get fancy, you can have a piezo and a soundhole pkp installed, and figure out a mixing/blending thing for it (probably part of the pre-amp if you get the right one). If you route a hole in the guitar for a pkp, you'll more than likely cut thru the top bracing, not a good idea at all. Stick a mirror inside and see where the bracing is going to see if you have room. Even if you have room, you'll deaden the acoustic qualities of the instrument by hanging a pkp off the top soundboard. The most non-invasive way is to use a soundhole pkp or have a piezo installed or both... FWIW... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 For the output jack, you can replace the guitar's endpin by one of these endpin jacks from the Allparts website: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 go for piezo, its the easiest route id think. also a microphone would also work. these mount in the soundbox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 There is a suspended pickup sold by Stew-Mac that attaches by small brackets to the fingerboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 There is a suspended pickup sold by Stew-Mac that attaches by small brackets to the fingerboard. thats the one i posted...look at the top of this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 could this work? heres a link if your feelin' lazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted January 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 the guitar im looking to put the pickup in is just a normal nylon string folk guitar and id quite like to keep it that way. the pickups ive seen on stew mac that i liked the look of were the transducers that sit under the bridge saddle http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...ine_Pickup.html for example. i figure it would probablly be easier to get someone who new what they were doing to install it for me tho lol. i dont want to have to get too much work done to the guitar however at the same time i dont want to end up with a pickup that sounds poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchump Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 you could take a singel coil or humbucker that is lying around take a thin peice of wood router out the shape for the pick up and then notch it and make it fit into the sound hole i did this yesteday and it works great all u have to do is put a jack on the pickup leads use a end pin jack like the stewmac one Saber shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 guitarchump Posted on Jan 3 2004, 01:39 AM you could take a singel coil or humbucker that is lying around take a thin peice of wood router out the shape for the pick up and then notch it and make it fit into the sound hole...... this would work with steel string acoustics. i dont think it would work well on nylon strings because only 3 of them have any metal on them, the wound ones. the top strings arent likely to be picked up using this plan if its a nylon. correct me if im wrong tho! mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 And the metal windings around the 3 string on a nylon stringed guitar are not magnetic (silver plated copper with a nylon core.) No induction gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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