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You're right, I meant an undersaddle piezo. Sunday woes ;). Well, that's the difficult bit. There is an onboard pre-amp, which I still have to check out. The most risky thing is connecting a different pickup to that pre-amp. It seems to be a bit of a hit and miss from what I've read. Yeah, mainly checked the K&K because of the bang-for-the-buck. The Fishman Blend seems really nice, but it's a more expensive system than what I payed for the guitar in the first place, and I will be using the pickup sparingly. Thanks for the advice.

Hey, thanks. Not looking to replace part of the nut. There may be a seam but it's one piece, probablue due to a 2-step casting process. I don't think there is such a thing as an authorized Yamaha shop in my country ;). Looking to fix it myself anyway. Hey, thanks for the info. I was looking at different pickup systems. I could go with a piezo but I'm also partial to for instance a K&K mini, which isn't a piezo, but is fitted under the bridge. Seems less invasive and I can keep a solid bone nut. I'll shape the bone nut & saddle myself, I'm not in the USA so stew-mac isn't really an option. Plus shaping them isn't that big of a deal. Although it'll be the first time I'll do a saddle, so I'll have to be careful getting the intonation just right. The FG365SE is nice indeed. It has 3 knobs which are rather good looking, so if I use a system with a different pre-amp I'm looking to keep those knobs. Otherwise I may just add a piezo and solder it into the existing one. Right now I'm still checking options and different acoustic pickup-systems. It isn't my forte, as I don't really play amplified regularly (not with acoustic anyway). I just don't want to lose the function. And yes, the saddle is okay - but no more than that. The high E and B strings have cut down quite a bit. I'm a big fan of changing plastic nuts / saddles out of bone ones anyway. Thanks for the info.

Hey, thx for the reply. That seems to be the case, but I think I'd rather replace the piezo pickup so I can make a new saddle than stay suck with the worn out plastic saddle. Looking into options now.

Hey guys, long time no see, I bought a vintage Yamaha FG365SE yesterday, a really nice guitar, solid spruce top, rosewood back & sides. As usual I intend to change the nut & bridge for new bone copies, as I don't like plastic and they're quite worn. Upon close inspection however, it seems the piezo pickup is actually inside the plastic saddle, which itself is encased in metal.. Does anyone have any experience with this? I don't know quite how to proceed. Perhaps a new pickup is in order, but hoping to find someone with some experience first. I'll add a couple of photos of what I mean + a NGD-tax photo

Why not accordian instead? ao6JntNIPHc I'd ask him if he would like to smoke one with me, jam for a bit.. too bad about the 20 seconds though..

The things I don't like about the LP studios are a flat top, no binding and dot inlays don't look good to me (though some have normal inlays).. This! 100%... A shame though.. I do have a HW1, they're awesome ..

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Here is an interview with his guitar tech. Apparently, he uses no effects at all. See page 2. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/document?doc_id=92644 Musician.com: Are all the pickups stock? Banks: They're all the basic, stock Gibson pickups as far as I know. Sometimes they get waterlogged from all the sweat, so sometimes he won't play one for a couple of days until it dries out. Sometimes we put a hair dryer on them. At some point somebody bypassed the tone and the other wiring controls to just give him one volume control, for the back pickup. Ain't that something.. Sorry couldn't help myself