Acoustic Guitar Pickup?

[SJJMcGhee]

Anyone got any recomendations for an acoustic guitar pickup/internal mic, my dad and i play quite a bit of acoustic stuff, he's a bluegrasser, and he wants a real warm, natural sound in a system onboard. venues don't seem to want to mic up acoustics anymore
Any recomendations?

 

[GitFiddle]

I was in the same situation about a year ago. I put an LR Baggs M1A in an old 1970 Martin D-18 with good results. Just remember to unplug it during breaks to save battery life.

I had tried one of those Dean Markley wooden clip-in sound hole pickups and did not care for it at all.

M1 Active | Acoustic Guitar Pickups | LR Baggs

There are two models, passive and active. I mounted mine with the strap button jack so there are no wires hanging out of the sound hole.

Here are some decent demos:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkWT6jFVFwU]LR Baggs M1 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[SJJMcGhee]

thanks man
need to see what my dad likes, he's very fussy, and it's a 50's d-18 so he doesn't really want to do much modding to it. thanks anyway.

 

[BEACHBUM]

My favorite is the passive "Fishman Rare Earth" stacked humbucker. Completely noiseless and transparent. Matched with my "Fishman Loud Box" amp I get nothing but pure acoustic tone with no coloring from the pick up or amp at all.

 

[GitFiddle]

My favorite is the passive "Fishman Rare Earth" stacked humbucker. Completely noiseless and transparent. Matched with my "Fishman Loud Box" amp I get nothing but pure acoustic tone with no coloring from the pick up or amp at all.

Very nice.

 

[BEACHBUM]

Thank you.

 

[Matt_21]

I'm an LR Baggs man too.
I like the I beam.
had the Element too and it was pretty good.

 

[Neodustin]

I'm on the fence between an Anthem and K&K @ the moment