Kona Acoustic-Electric, defective pickup?

[Grayson73]

I bought a Kona KG1CEN Acoustic-Electric guitar. It sounds really good when unplugged.

 

When plugged in, the treble is very bright and the bass is almost non-existant. Raising the bass all the way up and lowering the treble all the way down helps, but still lacks bass.

 

Do I have a defective pickup or are the Kona guitars just like this?

[scoutll]

I have a kona K1E and it sounds fine so you may have some sort of problem. Did you try it on another amp or another guitar on your amp just in case .

[Terry Allan Hall]

Does it have a preamp? Not all A/E do...some are passive, even though they have volume/tone controls.

 

An easy way to tell is if you don't have a battery inside, it's DEFINITELY passive...if so, plugging your guitar into a preamp'll improve your sound quite a bit, in all probability.

 

If it's active (has preamp/uses batteries), perhaps you need a good outboard EQ...

 

HTH

[Danocoustic]

 

Originally posted by Grayson73 I bought a Kona KG1CEN Acoustic-Electric guitar. It sounds really good when unplugged. When plugged in, the treble is very bright and the bass is almost non-existant. Raising the bass all the way up and lowering the treble all the way down helps, but still lacks bass. Do I have a defective pickup or are the Kona guitars just like this?

You might have poor contact between the saddle and the pickup element (assuming it's an UST).

 

Who's got a link to the clay shim trick?

[Grayson73]

It has an active pickup with battery.

[Terry Allan Hall]

Here's the clay shim fix that works so well...Fully documented with before and after MP3s and photos.

 

http://littlebrother.nlpd.com/Clay-UST/index.htm

 

I have a lot of this clay and will be happy to send you some for the cost of shipping...PM or email me your address if interested.