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Retro fitting pickup and tuner

  • 17-02-2010 2:38pm
    #1
    Erren Music
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭


    Hi all. I have a lovley garrison acoustic.

    I want to retrofit a pickup, I have a portable sound hole pickup at the mo, but I want something for the best sound.

    I would also like a tuner fitted.

    Anyone send me in the right direction?


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  • #2
    BSOM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭BSOM


    Erren Music wrote: »
    Hi all. I have a lovley garrison acoustic.

    I want to retrofit a pickup, I have a portable sound hole pickup at the mo, but I want something for the best sound.

    I would also like a tuner fitted.

    Anyone send me in the right direction?


    Take a look at the Fishman Isys+ System. Standard on most Vintage guitars, nice pickup, built in tuner. Im by no means an expert but retro fitting wouldnt by my first choice. What body does the guitar have ? With some of the soundhole pickups you can reverse the polarity and make the jack end into an input and just drill at the bottom of the guitar and then get a TU2 or TU3 tuner ?

    http://www.fishman.com/uploads/documents/270.pdf (page 6 for the Isys)


  • #3
    punchdrunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    these guys are pretty cheap and getting excellent reviews

    http://www.headwayelectronics.com/


  • #4
    Erren Music
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭Erren Music


    BSOM wrote: »
    Take a look at the Fishman Isys+ System. Standard on most Vintage guitars, nice pickup, built in tuner. Im by no means an expert but retro fitting wouldnt by my first choice. What body does the guitar have ? With some of the soundhole pickups you can reverse the polarity and make the jack end into an input and just drill at the bottom of the guitar and then get a TU2 or TU3 tuner ?

    http://www.fishman.com/uploads/documents/270.pdf (page 6 for the Isys)

    Thanks for that.
    Yesterday I had a look at the fishman vids on youtube for fitting.

    Adding an EQ and tuner looks like a lot of cutting to my guitar.

    Matrix infinity looks like the best way to go, and just plug in my trusty KOrg GA-1.


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