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grumpy wrote:
...and I'm assuming that everyone here builds a better than average acoustic.....

Oh you are TOO kind! lol

Filippo

Actually, I'm pretty serious! It's not -that- hard to build a better than average guitar. Just stop-in at any music store and start playing the stuff they have on the walls. Not just the ones in the high-end room out back, but the front room guitars, too. I'll bet that most everyone here has built better sounding, more responsive guitars than those. I've only met a handful of you, mostly at the Ann Arbor gathering some years back, and while some guitars were way better than others, I don't recall a complete dud among them. One guy even had a guitar built completely of OSB that sounded decent(considering...).

I have K&K in all my guitars that I play out live, but I also use a Sunrise in the soundhole. I wire them into a stereo plug, using an 1/8" plug on the Sunrise so I can unplug and remove the Sunrise pickup. I run both pickups in a stereo plug into a Rane AP-13 preamp. It has two channels so I can mix the pickups. This system has given me the most versatility and sound I've found. In quieter settings, church, I'll just use the K&K into an acoustic amp with no preamp between. Clinton

I've been playing in church more lately (after taking a handful of years off), which is why I'm wondering. Mic'ing the guitar isn't the right sound in the context. I used to have a UST and plugged into an Avalon U5, but I no longer have the guitar or U5. Looking to go straight into a cheapo church-owned direct box.

With respect to fitting the saddle, it seems to me that the emphasis thus far has been on getting a snug, "airtight" fit. I'd like to just throw in a cautionary note about being too snug. A fellow I know very well made a nice tight saddle fit and at one point, when taking it out of the bridge (which was already glued to the guitar at this point) also pulled out a big chip of ebony from said bridge. Ruined bridge. Now this fellow goes for a snug, but not too snug fit. No leaning, and the saddles wouldn't fall out if the guitar was held upside down, but they do go in and out of the slot without too much pushing/pulling.

Pat

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Has anyone tried the K&K quantum trinity? Triple mini/ condenser mic. combo? thinking of mounting the mic from the side or neckblock to minimize hanging anything extra from the soundboard. any known issues with this?

I have one in the main guitar I play. I don't use the mic very often because the quality of the three sound board transducers is enough. No issues for me. K&K does a great job.

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