Plastic 301 Acoustic Guitar Preamp Pickup Guitar Pickup Tuner Preamp Black

Note to buyers: Check that the wires for the cord port are securely seated in the white plug in fixture. The red wire was not fully pushed in, but looked like it was) so at first the pickup didn't work. Upon close examination I noticed that it wasn't seated correctly, so using a small pointed object (paper clip, etc) was able to gently push it back into place. After that it worked fine. Sound quality is pretty decent, and the internal mic is very helpful, it allowed me to fill out the low end as I installed it into a shallow hollow body. I will say the tuner doesn't work very well, but for $20 it doesn't matter. And I did not use the provided under saddle pickup as I already had one installed so I was able to splice into after cutting the wire on the new one. Just be careful stripping the small wires. It would have been nice if it included a gasket but I could make one if I really wanted one. Overall, no complaints.

At this price obviously a Fishman "clone", but a well done clone for the price. Research some videos for installation as no instructions/template included. Tuner works well, all tone controls and mic blend control work well. Sound is clean and strong. Can't beat it for the price.

I bought an Ibanez acoustic bass guitar with a dead "Fishman equipped SST" preamp. Seems to be a common issue, so I got this based on another review that said it'd fit with a little trimming.I'll confirm this can replace the type preamp that uses the cover plate pictured. Fitting took about 20 minutes with a Dremel sanding drum. It's easy, but take your time. The existing hole needs to be widened on the long sides a few mm, plus a tiny bit to accommodate the battery compartment hinges. Short sides are correctly spaced. The body contour curve on the control panel is a close match to this bass, and the plastic washer/bracket doo-hickeys make exact hole alignment less of an issue.I LOVE that this has the battery below the controls. This allows the original jack-plate to be reused, just resolder the lead from this preamp to the old 1/4" jack. I'm ignoring the original XLR, but may put a DI transformer in there later.I reused my piezo, splicing it onto this preamp's input cable. Included piezo is the soft wire type, and seems to be well made.Sound quality is quite good, amazing for the price, actually. I had a little hum, so I ran a ground wire to the G string inside the bass, and threaded a little bit of brass stock through the rest of the strings. Works great.For bass, the EQ is solid. Likely better for guitar. The notch is subtle, but seems to help with feedback, as does the phase switch. Tuner is a nice convenience and provides a mute; your standalone tuner will be better.The microphone is not good on bass. I didn't think it would be and I can't deduct points here. It's just in a weird spot, and this bass doesn't sound great acoustically anyway. There is a hidden trim pot accessible when the battery compartment is open. This seems to be tone for the mic, which is mounted in a rubber grommet and has lower handling noise than I would have thought.The mic is pre-master volume, and has easy to access wiring, so I may try to hack into its leads and wire in a magnetic pickup.

My Ibanez AEG20 with a Fishmann SST preamp is back to perfect electrical working order after a relaxing evening installation of this pre-amp. Yes you will have to widen the hole in the guitar body slightly with a file or a rotary tool but its ALMOST a direct fit.The tuner is accurate, and being able to use the mic and pickup intermixed is an interesting feature. Slap a 9 volt battery in and try it out.I opted to reuse the pickup and 1/4 input within my guitar but I kind of messed up the shielding on the copper pickup wire and as a result have a slight feedback buzz. I would recommend just replacing the original with the copper wire they sent, no modification.

I bought this to replace a bad Fishman presys blend. My problems were as follows:-When the blend knob is turned all the way to the right, the piezo is barely audible compared to the microphone. I adjusted the mic trim on the side of the unit, which only made the mic louder. I tested this through a Roland ac-33 and a powered speaker. I tried resoldering the contact points and fashioning a shim for the saddle. Nothing helped.-The casing is very stiff, so much so that it does not swivel out (when opened, like to change the battery) unless forced a bit.-the bass tone pot seems slightly worn compared to the others.-braided piezo wire is thinner than original-the LED lens in the casing is not glued in, so if taken apart it will just fall out.Ordering another to see if I just got a bad one. Will update.

I bought a Cordoba guitar and found out the preamp was bad. I found this one, it looked the same, so I gave it a shot. It worked.Tip 1) Removed the strings and the old parts. The new phono Jack takes a little work to install, cuz your hand don't bend that way. Get a 1/4" wooden dowel sharpen the end a little push it from outside the guitar, set the new jack up like the old jack, nut washer etc. push the dowel into it and draw it out the hole. Slide the outside washer and nut over the dowel and thread them onto the jack. Carefully Snug them up. Route the wires. Screw the pre amp in. New strings. Ready to play

Sounds good enough to go in a guitar I'm thinking of flipping but this thing chews up batteries and spits them out be aware of that. Comes with no instructions for installation luckily I know how to do it already just remember it doesn't come with any instructions. Overall a pretty good value for 20 bucks.

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