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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    ICBM said:

    But nothing ever sounds as natural as just sticking a mic in front of the guitar... even internal mics don't.

    I often think that putting a mic on an acoustic guitar doesn't sound very natural either, especially when it's shoved right up close as it usually is in live sound situations.

    Given that the whole idea of "acoustic guitar only louder" isn't very natural anyway I tend to think you might as well settle for something that sounds good on its own terms, and treat the business of gigging with an acoustic as being just different from recording or playing in your living room.

    I'm not sure I agree with those who say that piezo pickups are all right for fingerstyle, though. I think they usually sound horrible regardless.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    edited December 2020
    Stuckfast said:

    I often think that putting a mic on an acoustic guitar doesn't sound very natural either, especially when it's shoved right up close as it usually is in live sound situations. 

    Given that the whole idea of "acoustic guitar only louder" isn't very natural anyway I tend to think you might as well settle for something that sounds good on its own terms, and treat the business of gigging with an acoustic as being just different from recording or playing in your living room.

    I'm not sure I agree with those who say that piezo pickups are all right for fingerstyle, though. I think they usually sound horrible regardless.
    That’s all true, but *any* mic on the outside still sounds far more natural than any pickup system to me - or even an internal mic (which I don’t like at all, and are very feedback-prone).

    I completely agree that with a pickup, it’s best just to get a good sound and not worry about whether it’s accurate or not - so I’ve gone back to magnetics.

    Piezo USTs are still useful as a source for full guitar/mic modelling like the Fishman Aura, but not for actual amplified signal. Although they are much better if mixed with a magnetic, like jaymenon’s Tele - I had the older thinline version which was very good too.

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  • jaymenonjaymenon Frets: 761
    edited December 2020
    Here’s my Anthem on the guitar without the soundhole



    The guitar:
    https://i.imgur.com/D5Kx3Er.jpg
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