Re: OT - acoustic pickups, etc

[Paul Mimlitsch <pmimlitsch@mac.com>]

On Dec 6, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Daryl Shawn wrote:

> Forgive this wholly off-topic query, though of course it does  
> concern equipment that will be eventually used in looping...
>
> I like the onboard piezo pickup in my Takamine nylon-string, but  
> I'm starting to do more banging on the guitar body these days and  
> the piezo doesn't really transmit these sounds very well. An  
> external mic does fine with this of course, but I want something  
> suitable for onstage use and I hate having to hold more or less  
> still in front of a mic. I've gotten a recommendation (thanks  
> Michael!) on the Baggs Element, but am wondering if anyone's had  
> experience with anything else, especially with having two different  
> pickup systems in one guitar. I'd like to keep my current setup and  
> add to it (maybe I can split the output at the endpin with a TRS  
> jack...?).

Schertler Dyn-G (or M) as a sole "acoustic" pickup and for picking up  
all the Derek Bailey type clicks/ scrapes/ bangs etc.