Hi fellow softies
I've always wanted to get an acoustic/electric guitar for some flexibility, but here in the US, a Guitar Centre saleman told me its more worthwhile to get a plainly acoustic guitar, then buy a pickup (that can be installed and removed as and when i like - "quick mount"). He said its better because i dont have to remove a chunk of wood off the guitar. The pickups look like this and they sit across the soundhole.
I'm really unfamiliar with this and i need some help!
Firstly, do humbucking pickups (like the Fishman NeoD, Dean Markley Pro Mag Grand) pick up taps on the guitar wood, or must I get a transducer under-the-saddle pickup for that kinda thing?
Secondly, will using such pickups make a mid-range guitar (abt $900) sound
no different from a cheaper guitar? Afterall, it mostly just detects string vibration, and not sound.
Thanks loads for your views
I hope it'll make my soon-to-be-bought Seagull 25th Anniversary Spruce and Mahogany sound good plugged in!
Chase

I've always wanted to get an acoustic/electric guitar for some flexibility, but here in the US, a Guitar Centre saleman told me its more worthwhile to get a plainly acoustic guitar, then buy a pickup (that can be installed and removed as and when i like - "quick mount"). He said its better because i dont have to remove a chunk of wood off the guitar. The pickups look like this and they sit across the soundhole.


I'm really unfamiliar with this and i need some help!
Firstly, do humbucking pickups (like the Fishman NeoD, Dean Markley Pro Mag Grand) pick up taps on the guitar wood, or must I get a transducer under-the-saddle pickup for that kinda thing?
Secondly, will using such pickups make a mid-range guitar (abt $900) sound
no different from a cheaper guitar? Afterall, it mostly just detects string vibration, and not sound.
Thanks loads for your views

Chase
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