The band I play in only plays a few times a year, and they are way too loud for the Schertler I have to work. It starts feeding back just from the stage volume. I wear ear plugs. The good news is rehearsals are acoustic and fun.
I tried a scratch and dent Mando Lace pickup, but I couldn't get any volume out of it. Maybe it was defective, but the output was extremely low and the hum/noise was about as loud as the output of the pickup. I tried running it through my Zoom A3 (switched for magnetic pickup and other settings) and straight into an amp. Same result.
What I'm looking for is a magnetic pickup that I can stick on my acoustic mandolin with blu tack for the 4 times a year or so I need to get loud. It would take years to pay off a solid body electric at the rate we play, and I don't want to encourage the band to be even louder.
What would you recommend?
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