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help/opinions on pickups

Unread post by bndevils21 » Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:37 pm

i am interested in purchasing a pickup for my guitar. i dont really know what to get. im not lookin to spend too much, preferably under 100. is it worth it? do they sound decent? any specific pickups i should look at? thanks
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:14 pm

electric or acoustic?
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Unread post by bndevils21 » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:00 pm

shane wrote:electric or acoustic?
acoustic, oops
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Unread post by Speenis » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:12 pm

http://www.samusic.com is the place to check out for pickups. The B-Band AST + A1 combo pack is $100 and from what I have heard from people here, it sounds very nice.
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Unread post by Pickles » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:13 pm

http://www.samusic.com

my electric guitar has a piezo (LR Baggs) that sounds great. samusic probably has the best choices though.
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Unread post by jkanter » Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:10 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:www.samusic.com is the place to check out for pickups. The B-Band AST + A1 combo pack is $100 and from what I have heard from people here, it sounds very nice.
I have this pickup...best thing you can get for under $100. Get it...if you are a handy-man (as I am)...you can install it yourself. But be careful.....you have to drill into the endpin hole of your guitar.

Doing that on my Martin was a little scary! :shock:
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Unread post by Jc » Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:23 pm

I was all set to get a Fishman Natural pickup and I tried out the Fishman rare earth soundhole pickup on a Martin HD 28 (since that's what I own anyway) and I knew I had to get it instead :D The difference was pretty big imo.
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Unread post by bryanwie » Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:20 pm

get the rare earth blend, its a humbucker combined with a mic.
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Unread post by Speenis » Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:29 pm

bryanwie wrote:get the rare earth blend, its a humbucker combined with a mic.
Thats a whoppin $200 over his price range. Although if you have a nice guitar than its definitely worth it.
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Unread post by MWR » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:24 pm

If you want to spend a bit more the B-band AST+UST combo will give you the most natural feedback resistant sound.
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Unread post by Ranting Thespian » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:54 pm

If you want something inexpensive that still sounds good, I got a Fisman Neo-D sound hole pickup, and it's very good.
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