Acoustic Guitar Question?

Question

I have an acoustic guitar which i perform with, in front of big crowds, a lot. but the thing is, it does not have a pick up, so it's not amplified and therefore, very quiet. Is there a cheap solution to this? perferably not something I have to install and that is expensnive. Thanks so much.

p.s. if I works, you get 10 points!!!!

Answer 1

What you want is a sound hole pick-up. They just clip in and are removeable. Look at the LR Baggs model and the Fishman or Duncan.

Answer 2

Here's one:

http://www.zzounds.com/cat--Dean-Markley--3015

There are many different options here, ranging from fifty bucks to several hundred. Some just fit into the soundhole, some go under the nut. When you install some, you have to drill a hole into the guitar or put a new peg that has an input for the pickup where you attach your guitar strap.

Most of the sound hole pickups have problems though. If they dont fit perfectly, they often fall out (or into the guitar.) Also, they usually do not pick up the sound evenly. To compensate, they often have little preamps/equalizers for you to adjust.

I know you dont want to spend a lot of ,money, but if you are playing out often and making some cash doing it, the sound of your guitar is extremely important. But the best one you can afford. Zzzzz Sounds, the link above, has a big selection at pretty good prices. Or you could try Musician's Friend as well.

Good luck.

Answer 3

If you choose not to install an under-the-saddle pickup the best solution is buying a soundhole pickup. It latches inside the soundhole and the adjoining cable plugs into your acoustic amplifier.

I use a Fender Acoustasonic II, which is downright superb. If you run your acoustic through an electric amp you'll need to have a foot pedal that can change the sound to acoustic.

Incidentally, I use a soundhole pickup in my HD-35 Martin and it is sweet.

Answer 4

Classical guitar form is extremely distinctive from customary acoustic enjoying. the main obtrusive distinction is that whilst an acoustic guitarist will regularly use a %. to play, the classical guitarist makes use of his fingernails. it incredibly is to no longer say you could no longer fingerpick on a common steel string acoustic, loads of persons do, it incredibly is in simple terms that classical guitar form is solely fingerpicking. bear in mind, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, that there's no longer something approximately an acoustic guitar that forestalls a individual from utilising their fingernails to play, it incredibly is in simple terms that regularly classical guitarists play on classical guitars. it incredibly is extremely complicated to apply a %. on a classical guitar. the different considerable ameliorations is that structurally, on a classical guitar the gap between each and each string is wider and the fretboard is in lots of situations flatter and broader. This makes it extra problematic to accomplish bar chords on a classical guitar than on an acoustic, however the hollow between the strings additionally makes precise handed finger choosing basic. Switching between the two is extremely possible it in simple terms takes slightly getting used to. i might say it incredibly is much less complicated to alter from enjoying a classical guitar to an acoustic than from an acoustic to a classical.