Electro-acoustics

Frankieabbot

ICBM said:

Electro-acoustics are the work of Satan.

Maybe they are ICBM......but I love my little Tanglewood Roadster.  It will do until I get GAS.

bluechargeboy

Random fact: The Takamine Cool Tube preamp will not fit into the G-Series guitars, only the Japanese ones. So there is no easy upgrade path.

I have been to hell of a lot of acoustic gigs in recent times and I think the soundhole pickups are my favourite overall, as an audience member. My own guitars have onboard preamps, which is convenient. Once I have set the controls to my liking I leave them where they are to avoid sound engineer rage.

close2u

I'm looking and learning too ... ICBM has made some very interesting additional comment over here ...

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/36949/

english_bob

ICBM said:

Electro-acoustics are the work of Satan.

Agreed. I'm in the @ICBM, @bluechargeboy camp- soundhole pickups are the way to go.

I've had an LR Baggs M1a in my guitars for years, and with fresh strings and a remotely decent PA it sounds bloody fantastic every time. No messing with preamps, batteries that last forever, comes out with two fixing screws and a jack socket so you can take bloody fantastic sound with you when you trade in guitars. Who wants one of those quack boxes stuck to their guitar?