[billy16]

I know there are pickups made to go into an acoustic's soundhole. Well, I want to do something different. This may sound crazy, but it came to me in a dream I had last night. Ok, here it goes. In that dream I had 3 single coil pickups wired together and laying in the bottom of my acoustic. One was horizontal, one vertical, and one slanted off. Those were wired to a cable and ran through an electric guitar amp. I used a rotovibe pedal with all that too.

Was my dream insane, or could I do that? I can get the things together for it. I think it would work.

[nightnday]

I think it wouldn't sound like crap but I may be wrong.

[dadfad]

Coil-pickups must be mounted beneath strings. It's the mgnetic-field variation given by vibrating strings that create the sound.

[billy16]

They have to be right under the strings because they are passive, right?

Could I put active pickups in there and get a sound?

And I don't necessarily have to run it through an acoustic amp do I?

This post has been edited by billy16: 10 March 2005 - 12:07 PM

[billy16]

Scratch that idea then. But I can use the other ideas.

[Ted Zeppelin]

And a vertical pickup(pointing straight up the neck) would only pick up the string closest to it, there would be an uneven tone.

[CRG1400]

wasn't it john lennon who had a coil pickup on his gibson? I think I have seen a picture of it before.

[CRG1400]

here it is check it out at this site:

http://montana.gibso...lennon/hof.html

See it? Right below the fretboard, and right above the sound hole.

This post has been edited by CRG1400: 10 March 2005 - 12:29 PM

[billy16]

I'm going to do something a bit odd. I have a few things I'm going to try when I get another acoustic. I'm going to get one off E-bay. Can't be worse Than my Wal-Mart one, then my wal-mart guitar will become an experimental guitar.

So would one maybe fit there below the fretboard?

This post has been edited by billy16: 10 March 2005 - 12:32 PM

[dadfad]

wasn't it john lennon who had a coil pickup on his gibson?  I think I have seen a picture of it before.

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He often played a Gibson J-160 which actually had pick-ups factory-installed on them. They weren't particularly good pure-acoustic guitars, but were a pretty reasonable blend of electric and acoustic (for that day).

[räzzle]

Billy, you didn't mention whether, if after the dream, you woke up next to another beautiful girl. Your stories always seem to conclude with you in the arms of a Nordic, blonde babe.

[billy16]

Billy, you didn't mention whether, if after the dream, you woke up next to another beautiful girl.  Your stories always seem to conclude with you in the arms of a Nordic, blonde babe.

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It's been the same girl. Anyway, I slept on the floor last night. She was on the couch.

On the pickup subject, I think I can put one or so right next to the bridge, or a little away from it. It would be a bit further than electric guitar pickups, but not much. I'm thinking of seeing if a hot rail would go on ok.

[strangerdanger]

I'm going to do something a bit odd.  I have a few things I'm going to try when I get another acoustic.      I'm going to get one off E-bay.  Can't be worse Than my Wal-Mart one, then my wal-mart guitar will become an experimental guitar.

So would one maybe fit there below the fretboard?

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You remind me of when I took a band-saw to my first guitar, a Daion Strat replica. I cut it to look like a flying V.

Then I took my Daion bass and removed all the fretbars to make it a fretless.

I can only imagine your surprise when I tell you they both sounded like utter crap!

[billy16]

Basically, you are saying not to do anything right?

I don't necessarily have to do that, but I want something.....a certain tone I'm looking for.

[strangerdanger]

No, I'm saying go for it. Experiment.

Unless it's a really expensive guitar then you have nothing to lose. It's experimentation like that that led people to the standards that we have today.

Go forth, brave explorer!

[grzegorz_panek]

Give it a try. When you mount it, be careful not to do anything that could affect the guarantee if thet's the new guitar.

By the way, how's your bridge, it it getting worse?

[wannalearn01]

LOL

Either use an internal mic, or a PIEZSO(sp?) pick up. I have one in my epiphone, and it amps very nicely...you can buy them too...and it would be a lot more useful!!!

T^roy

[billy16]

No, I'm saying go for it. Experiment.

Unless it's a really expensive guitar then you have nothing to lose. It's experimentation like that that led people to the standards that we have today.

Go forth, brave explorer!

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It's only a Wal-Mart one, I have nothing to lose really. It shall become my experiment.

Give it a try. When you mount it, be careful not to do anything that could affect the guarantee if thet's the new guitar.

By the way, how's your bridge, it it getting worse?

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Got my bridge fixed. Turns out whoever cut it, cut it slanted, that's why it was coming up. Took it to a place and had them put on a new bridge exactly like the old one. Even got to watch as they did it.