SG-1 Portable Piezo Pickup for Steel String Guitar Review

KNA pickup

When I first saw this I was like Ingenius!! Why hasn't someone come up with this idea sooner. There would be alot less soundhole gouging. A passive piezo pickup that slides under the strings next to the saddle completely bypassing the soundhole.Once again Ingenus!! As for the pickup itself, with the proper spacing between you and the amp it performs very well.(to close will feedback)… read more Best review I can give is I'm gonna get 2 more. Thanks and "Keep on Rockin"! John Rotonto

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9 out of 10

this is a very innovative pickup; unbelievably easy to install. It was a bit low, in the output; but not impossible to work with. Overall, well worth the money.

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Be Careful

I loved the idea of this and always hated sound hole pickups with the cable coming out of the sound hole getting in the way... and read all the great reviews, so wanted to give it a shot... I just tried to install this on my handmade acoustic with terrible results. Installation looked pretty easy.... But, check to be sure the break in the string from the top of the saddle to… read more the pins, does not touch the pickup. I laid the pickup flat and started retuning my strings. My saddle was low enough, however, to where the strings were touching the pickup... Apparently from what I can assess, as the lower, wound strings were tightening, the friction was grabbing the pickup and pushing it against the saddle causing stress and pressure, and with no warning, I heard a SNAP ! My bridge cracked on the both the Bass and Treble side. Luckily, not completely broken and still playable for the time being, but will expect to take it in to a luthier, and may have to have the bridge repaired/replaced eventually...... Expensive lesson …..

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Natural Acoustic Sound

I just installed this pickup on a 35 year old Alvarez AE this guitar has been my go to and take everywhere guitar for years. I am using a Fishman artist amp and it sounds great with my other acoustics but the built in pickup on this Alverez just wasn't cutting it, there was a loud boom on the low E string and feedback was a problem, just a thin sound. So I thought I would buy… read more this SG-1 and what a surprise! a nice even natural sound yes WOW! this is a great product my old beater sounds 100 times better.. Buy It! By the way Scott at Sweetwater rocks always there to help Thanks.

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