So here's the thing. when I'm not leading, I play backing guitar for a lively church worship group.
I take my acoustic guitar which is fine, as a lot of the songs will be straightforward strumming and fingerpicking. Ocasionally though sons could do with a little more oomph. At present I mix in a little overdrive from a ts808, run through a cab sim then blended with the acoustic signal. It's OK, but the distortion never works well with the piezo pickups.
I had planned on adding a standard guitar pickup to my acoustic but that might not work wrll with bronze strings and could lead to all sorts of feedback issues.
Piezo on a solid bodied has never quite sounded good enough to me either.
Has anyone played a hybrid guitar like the Michael Kelly Hybrid, or the Cort SA for example? The MK looks to do everything I need, but I'm sceptical about the acoustic tone. It does sound good on the video but I guess may have been processed?
Any other suggestions? Cheers!
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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
"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
A mate of mine has one and uses it for everything from acoustic strumming to low volume ultra-distorted feedback. Nice playing guitar and sounds pretty good, although the piezo pickup benefits from a decent acoustic preamp pedal (my Trace Acoustic TAC1 worked well with it).
The first issue for me is that the neck is far too thin for any guitar with 'acoustic' pretentions. Even compared to most main-stream electrics, it feels skinny....
The second point is that it is not possible to separate the 'acoustic' and 'electric' sounds - which really limits its versatility.
If these things were remedied, it might well be one of the most interesting instruments on the market.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I always liked the look of the Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster but I haven't tried one
Incidentally, I spend most of my time playing Christian worship song instrumentals.
"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
"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