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Re: Guitar Pickup

Baggs M1A, THE best.
On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:02 PM, Sam Nilsson wrote:

> Scott Kellogg wrote:
>> Sorry if this has been discussed ad nauseum, but what's the guitar  
>> pickup all the cool kids are using these days?  I have a Seagull  
>> cedar acoustic that plays really nicely and has a pleasant-but- 
>> average tone.  I'm interested in processing the signal before it  
>> gets to my looper, and would like to be able to pick up taps and  
>> other percussive slaps on the body of the instrument.
>> While we're on the topic, what you think of the new crop of  
>> 'acoustic guitar' processors that are on the market (e.g. the  
>> Fishman stuff, Korg, Boss, etc.)?  My original plan was to loop  
>> with my electric basses, but my singer-songwriter groove is coming  
>> back, and maybe the guitar will be in my path as well as a bass.   
>> Then again, an acoustic guitar with an octaver makes good basslines.
>
> K&K Sound's Pure system has gotten positive reviews from people  
> that I have met. When I tried it, I thought it had a nice fairly  
> natural sound. *Much* nicer than a piezo.
>
> http://www.kksound.com/acousticguitar.html#pure
>
> - Sam
>