Owen Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I am looking at getting a Faith Mahogany guitar. This one would do nicely http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Faith-Mahogany-Dreadnought-Acoustic-Guitar-Hard-Case-MINT-/142009390432?hash=item21106b5560%3Ag%3AWdEAAOSwepZXTHI%7E&nma=true&si=0VqcDA%252Bx0U1U0KqQ8v1Zya0Jb7I%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 but I want a decent pickup in it. Sadly they only seem to do pickups in the mahogany ones with a cutaway. I do not want a cutaway. They are wrong on an acoustic. How much hassle (read expense) is it to retrofit a decent side mounted preamp and undersadle pickup into an acoustic and what would the board reccomend as a decent retrofit electrics set up. This will be for my daughter. She will not be doing top sessions in the near future, but there is no point in paying someone to put rubbish in so I would welcome some advice. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwater Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I fitted my 12-string with a fishman infinity pickup - the controls mount in the soundhole so is a relatively easy install with just the piezo to mount under the saddle and the endpin output jack. Details of it are here : [url="http://www.fishman.com/products/series/matrix/matrixinfinity.php"]http://www.fishman.com/products/series/matrix/matrixinfinity.php[/url] - cost is about £150. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Thanks Andy, that looks like an attractive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 [url="http://www.fishman.com/products/series/rareearth/index.php"]Fishman Rare Earth[/url] pickups are another option. They are soundhole-mounted magnetic pickups with neodymium magnets. Pro - no piezo 'quack', comes with an endpin jack that only requires a single hole to be made (or none at all on most Taylors) Con - no onboard preamp option (afaik) They also do the passive [url="http://www.fishman.com/products/series/neo-d/"]Neo D[/url] (single coil) and [url="http://www.fishman.com/products/series/blackstack/"]Blacstack[/url] (humbucker). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I like the Fishman pickups. My guitarist had a Rare earth which to my ears sounded more natural than piezos, but not as bright at the top end. It had some sort of pre-amp with a tiny volume control that mounted discretely inside the sound hole. I've got a Neo D in my parlour guitar which again sounds nice, but the output from it is really quite low compared to a normal electric guitar pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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