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Post by spliglet52 on Feb 16, 2016 7:30:37 GMT
Hi,
I'm not sure if this is the best place for this, but I need to fit a pickup to my tanglewood and would some recommendations as to a good budget easy fit option. I put a fishman neo-d in my old vintage and its just not hot enough. Would a piezzo be better than a sound hole pickup?
Got a budget of £50.
Thanks!!
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Post by Martin on Feb 16, 2016 9:06:30 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 16, 2016 9:44:26 GMT
I'd second Andrew's suggestion of trying a preamp.
What do you normally plug into?
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Post by francis on Feb 16, 2016 12:09:58 GMT
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Post by spliglet52 on Feb 16, 2016 12:41:39 GMT
Hi all,
Thanks for your kind welcomes. I used the fishman for recording so ran direct into sound cards. That was fine, but in live situations gains had to be pushed.
I shall investigate the JJB option.
Thanks!
J
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 16, 2016 15:23:19 GMT
spliglet52 - ...I suspect (as Andrew said) that the JJB (these are K&K ish soundboard transducers with a slightly lower output I believe) may not have enough output for you if you found the Fishman to be lacking in that respect.. As I asked before, what are you plugging into/what is the rest of your signal chain for live use, and do you play solo or with what other band players? These could be very relevant to your optimum choice of pickup and/or preamp. Keith
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Post by spliglet52 on Feb 16, 2016 15:56:17 GMT
Hi ocarolan, when playing live i typically plug into a DI box then straight in to a desk. I usually play solo, although recently I have been playing for a local am dram group when I have used used my behringer bass amp - I'm not actually a guitar player, I'm a drummer who is a jack of all trades!!! Which pickups are less likely to feed back? Thanks, J |
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Post by andrewjw on Feb 16, 2016 16:07:32 GMT
Hi ocarolan, when playing live i typically plug into a DI box then straight in to a desk. I usually play solo, although recently I have been playing for a local am dram group when I have used used my behringer bass amp - I'm not actually a guitar player, I'm a drummer who is a jack of all trades!!! Which pickups are less likely to feed back? Thanks, J I've always understood that soundhole pickups such as the one you already have have the best reputation for feedback resistance. Having said that I've never had any feedback probs with USTs either... I think most problems start when the bass side of the sound is overemphasised....assuming correct speaker placement etc  |
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 16, 2016 19:02:24 GMT
spliglet52 - Feedback is more likely from poor positioning in relation to monitors/mains, and poor eqing than anything else. Some say that USTs are the most feedback resistant - probably true, but there are so many other factors. Jim, if you've been using your passive soundhole pickup, even via a DI box, into mixer, then I'm not surprised you've needed to whack the gain up - in itself an inducement to feedback. If you like the sound of your Neo-D then I do strongly recommend you buy a preamp with gain and volume controls, plus eq, and an XLR output to go to mixer. (If no XLR output on whatever preamp you may chose, then use your DI box after the preamp before the mixer.) You'll be able to send a nice strong signal to the mixer then - the preamp will also give you some fingertip control of tone etc before the soundman gets hold of the signal. Keith
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