The K&K Pure sounds clear and natural, discreet, balanced, with fantastic dynamics, and none of the “click” or “quack” typical of under saddle transducers. This makes all the difference to the tone produced by the pickup. While most transducer pickups on the market work by feeling the strings vibrating down through the saddle, the K&K Pure pickup is feeling your guitar’s top moving. The K&K Pure Mini Acoustic Guitar Pickup consists of 3 transducer sensors that are glued to the underside of your guitar’s top on the bridge plate, to be precise. Hands-down, our favourite acoustic guitar pickup here at The Twelfth Fret. K&K Pure Pickup K&K Pure Mini Acoustic Guitar Pickup Here are a few noteworthy transducer pickups: Most transducer pickups are installed under the bridge saddle, or in that general area. Transducer PickupsĪ transducer pickup is essentially a form of sensor that attaches directly to your guitar and “feels” vibration. With that out of the way, let’s look at few of the basic categories of acoustic guitar pickups, as well as some of the more popular brands and models in each category. And if you move around on stage a little, your guitar won’t disappear from the mix. Since the Mic isn’t the only source of amplification for your guitar anymore, it won’t need to be as hot, so feedback can be more easily avoided. With your guitar’s internal pickup doing all the “heavy lifting”, you can add a microphone into the mix just to help capture a little of your guitar’s projection. And even then, you may want to consider combining your pickup with a microphone on a stand in front of you. In those situations, it is time to look at installing a pickup in your guitar. There are plenty of situations where using a microphone to amplify your guitar on stage is simply not going to work. They can feedback easily, and they are ultra-sensitive to placement and distance (meaning you can’t move at all while you play without affecting your amplified sound). However, microphones are potentially problematic. If you are playing in a live situation where standing in front of a microphone is a feasible way to amplify your guitar, then that is your best bet. Pickups simply don’t have the ability to capture the projection and tonal characteristics the way a microphone does. No acoustic guitar pickup on the market will sound as good as a half-decent microphone on a stand in front of your guitar. But with so many pickups on the market, how do you choose the best one for your guitar? Which acoustic pickup is right for you? Today we’re going to do a little rundown through some of our favourites here at the Twelfth Fret, and what the differences are between them.īefore we look at the pickups themselves, a note about expectations. Capturing the lush, natural tone of your favourite guitar is not easy to do without introducing feedback, unwanted handling noise, and a list of other annoyances. Acoustic Guitar Pickups And Which One Is RightĪmplifying acoustic guitars is always a bit of a challenge.
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