Re: Suggestions for a clip-on pickup
Originally Posted by
TheBlindBard
...(I think it is a peso pickup) but I don't want that sticky stuff on my Md305. Hense my looking for a clip-on pickup.
Think you mean piezo.
The
piezo pickup that I have has a plug that is like a normal amplifier plug, about 2 inches or so in length and a little thinner than a pencil. it goes in to the big hole next to the volume control. Do any of these pickups mentioned have a cable like that? I'm just looking for something I can plug in and get as natural of a sound as possible.
What you're talking about is the standard quarter-inch jack, which I think is a feature of almost any pickup you'll consider...
But not of what I would suggest as an option, a clip on lavalier microphone like this one, 33 bucks at Radio Shack. It has a 1/8-inch male mini-plug on its cord, so you'll need to get an adapter, mini-plug to quarter-inch.
I've used one of these in certain situations where I needed to play an acoustic instrument into an amp. Not the most sophisticated solution, but it does sound "acoustic" ('cause it is), and you just have to find a place to clip it to the instrument where you're not hitting it with your picking hand (pickguard, sound-hole, even tailpiece).
Not sure about impedance matches and whether the mic's output might be significantly higher than the usual line level inputs for your amp, but in my case I got everything to work pretty well. Just another suggestion.
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