soundhole pickups?

juineaux · Post by **juineaux** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 12:03 am

Does anyone else like the sound of a good soundhole pickup? I've had trouble with undersaddle and bridgeplate transducers(feedback, sound tubby), And I know soundhole pickups are pretty much plug and play. I was thinking about buying a sunrise soundhole pickup and mabey having an undersaddle pickup to mix in with it, or is having 2 sources more troublesome.

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:06 am

I've heard the newer ones coming out are really great - sunrise and rare earth are the two i hear mentioned a lot.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:19 am

I have a soundhole pickup in my Michael Kelly. I got a Fishman Neo-D. It short, and small, black, and fits more twards the neck, and out of the way of strumming. It sounds fine to me. I play and record with it, and never had a problem. It's about 70 bucks.

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 2:48 am

They always sound too much like an electric to me...but I guess they work in a pinch.

Carl_SWE · Post by **Carl_SWE** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:33 am

mbgreen wrote:They always sound too much like an electric to me...but I guess they work in a pinch.

Yeah... But how do you avoid that? I want a natural sound... What pickup should I use? At the moment I got a piezo.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:45 pm

My Neo-D doesn't sound too much like an electric at all. I bought it because it really sounds like an acoustic.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:22 am

Carl_SWE wrote:
mbgreen wrote:They always sound too much like an electric to me...but I guess they work in a pinch.
Yeah... But how do you avoid that? I want a natural sound... What pickup should I use? At the moment I got a piezo.

mic your guitar

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:45 pm

elijah77jc wrote:
Carl_SWE wrote:
mbgreen wrote:They always sound too much like an electric to me...but I guess they work in a pinch.
Yeah... But how do you avoid that? I want a natural sound... What pickup should I use? At the moment I got a piezo.
mic your guitar

more feeback issues than hed have than with piezo, and stuff...

i know dean markley makes one, but i dont know anything about them, the guitar i have has a piezo, and the one im buying has a fishman piezo, i like em.