recommendations sought: ac/elec guitar for live stage use

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Hi,

This is in most cases related to the electronics that the guitar has
onboard and the technology for picking up the sound (mic? piezo
transducer?).
I would choose the actual instrument first before dealing with the
electronics. You need to be 'compatible' with your instrument before
worrying about wiring it up! Why is the 'gain-before-feedback' thing
that you're looking for "very important" though?

Regards,

Evangelos

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Evangelos Himonides
IoE, University of London
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fax: +44 2076126741
"Allas to those who never sing but die with all their music in them..."



Oliver Wendell Holmes


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genericaudioperson@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> i'm looking to pick up a new acoustic/electric guitar over the summer.
>
> price range $500.


How about a ~$400 Blueridge with a K&K pickup?

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WOW!?!

I thought Takamine's were known for being good live/plugged-in
acoustic/electrics. When you say "renown", do you mean they feed-back
a lot, or a little?

If they feed-back a lot I would have used the words "notorious for body
feedback" (renowned is a word usually used to refer to something
praiseworthy). So I'm not sure what you mean here. Not trying to be a
weeny, just want to understand what you meant.

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<genericaudioperson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> WOW!?!
>
> I thought Takamine's were known for being good live/plugged-in
> acoustic/electrics. When you say "renown", do you mean they feed-back
> a lot, or a little?
>
> If they feed-back a lot I would have used the words "notorious for body
> feedback" (renowned is a word usually used to refer to something
> praiseworthy). So I'm not sure what you mean here. Not trying to be a
> weeny, just want to understand what you meant.
>

They're renown for being notorious. And they feed back.

Moot point, all acoustic guitars with pick-ups should come with a sound hole
plug. Don't leave home without one.

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genericaudioperson wrote:

> WOW!?!

> I thought Takamine's were known for being good live/plugged-in
> acoustic/electrics. When you say "renown", do you mean they feed-back
> a lot, or a little?

> If they feed-back a lot I would have used the words "notorious for body
> feedback" (renown is a word usually used to refer to something
> praiseworthy). So I'm not sure what you mean here. Not trying to be a
> weeny, just want to understand what you meant.

You need to understand that _any_ truly responive acoustic guitar is
going to go nuts in a loud setting, and putting a piezo pickup in it
isn't going to change that. Plugging the soundhole gets you halfway to a
solid body axe. Perhaps a thin bodied electric with a combo of
electromagnetic and piezo pickups would help you. You'd need quite a bit
more money for the likes of a Parker with piezos under each string.

Have you ever taken a good acoustic guitar into a loud setting and just
_felt_ what the body of it does?

--
ha

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genericaudioperson wrote:

> obviously i'll be going to the store and trying things out, but it's
> hard to figure out which guitar is going to squeal and howl on stage
> with a full band going.

And that is why the solid body electric guitar was invented. Either you
can have the sound of an acoustic guitar at realistic volume levels, or
you can have the sound of a piezo duck quacking its way through the
songs at higher volume levels, or you can enjoy loads of feedback from a
squealing duck. But when you put a responsive acoustic guitar in a loud
setting, dig what the guitar does all by itself: it hears a lot of it
and works about like a big wooden microphone.

--
ha