I have a very pretty PRS-looking Dillion emando that plays wonderfully. Unfortunately, the maker has very different taste in tone from me, and thinks the mini-humbucker sounds great. I think it sounds muddy and singularly un-mandolinlike. Has anyone ever successfully swapped one of these out for a piezo or other acoustic-sounding pickup?
The solid construction all the way down the middle of the body does not lend itself to in-body stick on pickups, nor do outside ones work well. The best I've been able to do is get an acoustic simulator pedal, though there's just no getting rid of the static. (Running it through a cheap Pocket Rocket-type headphone amp works o.k., too.)
Thanks for any suggestions, and especially if you know of an actual non-humbucker I can stick in the existing slot, even with some routing.
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