Ok daughter is looking to upgrade her acoustic. It will be used mainly on stage , usually connected via the house desk. Smaller gigs suspect we will use her fishman . Main requirement is reliability in tuning and quality electrics with feedback under control. She often uses a capo for different songs. Noted ICBM comment about sound hole pup better than piezo.
Whichever works best, it will mainly be used to accompany her vocals. She does also us it a fair amount as percussion( you know hitting and tapping on the body).
This will be an upgrade for her Faith Saturn. We will be able to get the vat back if bought new. Can't think of anything else .
This for suggestions
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
ICBM , actually not a lecture but common sense. When gigging she does not touch anything on th controls and leaves it all to the sound men. (Helps being a pretty 21 year old girl ).
Reliability is the no one requirement, and feedback control
We helped cut some of the feedback with a rubber "plug" , but still can be an issue.
Sound of course (she will use her ears for that one). Tuning stability is important. It has to be a work tool that she does not have to think about , so it does not interrupt her flow with her audience (she is a sole performer).
An on board tuner might be useful considering she changes around with a capo between songs.
The simple transducer /jack plug idea sounds interesting...
I have a Larrivee and I don't find the onboard tuner to be accurate enough so I need a pedal tuner. The Takamine one rocks.
Edit: Tuning stability: hell yes.
They seem a little short on info as to why a new version has been launched - but let's hope it's good.
I like Taylor - they generally seem like a company with integrity.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Takamine seem to come up a lot.
Yes a hard working instrument so needs to be strong. She plays fairly hard. She does not often use a pick, but seems to have developed her own style with the right hand and is fairly percussive.
Will have a browse of their models
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://www.thomann.de/gb/takamine_p7dc.htm
Now I would not want to buy a guitar of this level without trying the actual instrument , but strange how it is £600 cheaper than any UK store !