Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 22, 2007 Members Posted August 22, 2007 ...anybody ever use one of these or heard one in use? I am just curious....
Members garthman Posted August 22, 2007 Members Posted August 22, 2007 I have a similar PU fitted to one of my classical guitars (same transducer but jackplug fitted into body). I have the transducer fixed with double-sided tape under the bridge, slightly towards the base strings. Works great.
Members guitarist21 Posted August 22, 2007 Members Posted August 22, 2007 *goes and affixes a bottle cap to K&K Twin Spot* Cool! Never seen it before. Ellen
Members Cripes Posted August 22, 2007 Members Posted August 22, 2007 Yes I have. It's a Shadow transducer in a small package but the cord is not hard-wired. Instead, the ducer has a 1/8th" jack receptacle molded into it and mates with a 1/8th" jack on the cord. The other end of the cord has the usual 1/4" jack. It's a temporary mount type with that sticky-putty stuff. Makes it great for searching out the sweet spot on the guitar - like a stethoscope - for mounting another permanent type of P/U later.
Members Tony Burns Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 Ive heard and seen the buffalo head nickel model ( 70's -80's ) but only rumors of the beer cap pickup - neat
Members Billystrat Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 So beautiful...think I've got tears in my eyes! I'm curious on how they sound, and have a few acoustics without pickups, I gotta pick one up.
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 23, 2007 Author Members Posted August 23, 2007 Well...they sell them here locally at one of the music stores I go to. I think I will go get one and see how it sounds OGP
Members garthman Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 Well...they sell them here locally at one of the music stores I go to. I think I will go get one and see how it sounds OGP I think you should - they are fairly cheap and are great for a swift conversion to an electro-acoustic. You might need to stick the lead and jacksocket to the body of the guitar with some sticky tape to stop the transducer pulling off. And you will probably also find that the PU detects and amplifies other sounds like knocks, scrapes etc on the guitar body so you need to be gentle when you play.
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 23, 2007 Author Members Posted August 23, 2007 I think you should - they are fairly cheap and are great for a swift conversion to an electro-acoustic. You might need to stick the lead and jacksocket to the body of the guitar with some sticky tape to stop the transducer pulling off. And you will probably also find that the PU detects and amplifies other sounds like knocks, scrapes etc on the guitar body so you need to be gentle when you play. If it sounds good enough and there is enough cable, I might just attach it inside the guitar under the soundboard and wire it to an endpin jack. I have an endpin jack here that I was going to use for this type of thing. I also have one of those Behringer ADI-21 outboard pre-amp/DI boxes which would help improve its signal. I wonder if that would work? OGP
Members garthman Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 If it sounds good enough and there is enough cable, I might just attach it inside the guitar under the soundboard and wire it to an endpin jack. I have an endpin jack here that I was going to use for this type of thing. That's exactly what I did. I also have one of those Behringer ADI-21 outboard pre-amp/DI boxes which would help improve its signal. I wonder if that would work? I think it would help a lot - there are no volume or tone controls on the beercap so it will certainly help you to adjust the sound. They do tend to be quite high on the treble side so it's probably a good idea to try it on different place on the top first to get the sound you prefer, then, if you decide to make it permanent, attach it in the same place inside the guitar.
Members Clif Schlicher Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 Some time back I made one like this using a piezo disk from a buzzer. I covered it with about 1/4 in clear silicone on the top to provide a 'body' for the pickup. The cord came out to a 1/8 in male plug. The 'loogie' pickup sounded pretty good for a pickup on the cheap. Clif
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted August 23, 2007 Author Members Posted August 23, 2007 Some time back I made one like this using a piezo disk from a buzzer. I covered it with about 1/4 in clear silicone on the top to provide a 'body' for the pickup. The cord came out to a 1/8 in male plug. The 'loogie' pickup sounded pretty good for a pickup on the cheap. Clif I too made one like that a few years back from reading about how to build one on the internet....it really really sucked It had no output and sounded very "tinny". That is why I was skeptical of this product since it looks like the same principle. Maybe this transducer is better? OGP
Members DeepEnd Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 Never used one or heard anyone playing with one (that I know of) but they crop up on eBay all the time. EPM supposedly supplies the electronics for Art & Lutherie A/E models but I have no idea how this would compare.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 23, 2007 Members Posted August 23, 2007 Ive heard and seen the buffalo head nickel model ( 70's -80's ) but only rumors of the beer cap pickup - neat Different companies, different styles on P/U. The Buffalo head one was really a stick-on condenser microphone. The Beer Cap one is a Shadow contact piezo.
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