Members bobc Posted November 23, 2008 Members Share Posted November 23, 2008 A good friend of mine has been looking for a new guitar to get when he gets his xmas bonus. He co-hosts an open mic with another friend of mine and his current guitar keeps having technical difficulty's. I offered to sell him my Yamaha FGX720SCA for a little less than what I paid for it, and I told him he don't have to pay me for it until he gets his xmas bonus in a couple weeks. He more than gladly accepted my offer and now I am back to one guitar with no pickup. Right now I plan to mic the guitar at the open mic's, but am also considering a passive pickup. I have installed the K&K PWM in a couple of guitars and think it sounds good, but I have never tryed the iBeam passive pickup. I would like to hear everyones opinion on these pickups... or... do you think I should just mic the guitar. I have an Audix OM2 dynamic mic that seems to work quite nicely through my PA at home but have not tryed it yet at the open mic. I also have a condensor mic which I did use at the open mic but it seemed too prone to feed back and was driving the sound guy a little nuts in trying to get my guitar loud enough without feedback. Any opinions and/or experience would be appreciated, and this is for live not recording. Also, it's not a full band situation. It's an acoustic type of situation with 1 or 2 acoustic guitars, a couple mics, and maybe some conga drums (that are mic'ed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members panhandler Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 I do not own an I-beam or a PWM. But I have read a lot about both and I think the PWM gets better reviews than the I-beam. Some say the I-beam can be muddy, others say it's great. Getting the location on the I-beam correct seems to be critical. And no so critical for the PWM. After all my reading, it boils down to this for me...I plan to get a PWM for one of mine soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 I have both in different guitars. I like the Ibeam better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bobc Posted November 24, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 Thanks for the replies so far. I just ordered the K&K PWM. I don't want to take the chance with th iBeam when I know the K&K sound good already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 I really like my K&K Pure Western. It's wonderful for recording and when it goes through a mixer, it's outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 Guess it's too late to really comment now, but I would've put in a vote for the iBeam. I've heard nothing but good things about them and I've got a friend that uses one and it sounds good. I wouldnt've gone for a mic, just because it limits how much you can move around on stage...feedback's always an issue too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jwm1958m Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 You went with a WINNER.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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