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I just love products with thoughtful designs like this one. Not something I need at this point but I'll certain keep it in mind if I'm in the market for a stand. Well done, Alex!

the original fishman under saddle piezo pickup is hands down the best one, blows the others such as lr baggs out of the water

NICE !

sound so fake

Id think the flat tops may sound better in an acoustic lelctric

Thank you for the video. I usually go for 80/20 on my Martin, but since I’ll be recording it with mics, I decided to try the flat tops. They sound great and almost no squeak. I still prefer the 80/20, but it is what is. For a recording setting and my way of playing, I’ll be recording with the flat tops to avoid any headaches during the mixing process.

I just ordered that and stumbled on to this. Nice approach and comparison. Two years late to the party but for what it's worth: There was just a hint of grit and pronounced low frequencies with the wireless on the cleans but not a deal breaker for me. Should be even less with single coils and I believe a slight EQ adjustment would even it out. It was worse on the fuzzy stuff. Maybe using lower fuzz/distortion gain and bumping up the volume to compensate loudness would counter the ill side-effects along with again, some subtractive EQ on the problem frequencies. It did a fine job on the bass. I usually roll off the sub low end on my bass amps anyway. A lot of bass amps include that feature. I thought the wireless added a nice ambience to the acoustic and sounded better to my ears than the cable. Bottom line is it does color the sound and that makes it personally subjective. All my four wireless color the sound. Even my Boss WL-20 wireless colors the sound though. I use them all and adjust to taste.

I used a Fishman Neo-D humbucker for a short while. The output was so low that to get any usable sound it had to be amplified to the point that the noise was ridiculous, it could have been faulty though... FWIW

I really like half rounds but found I had trouble keeping them in tune if doing a lot of bending... Anybody else have this experience ? or did I get a bad set of strings ?

the martin sounds very clear, soft and smother

Flatwounds for jazz. Less noise, more mellow. Roundwound seems a bit more edgy, but for jazz, a smooth sound is preferred

What if you use round wounds on high string and flat wound on the lower 3. You get smooth chords and more colorful melodies

Does it suck bass on a bass?

It seems to stray into univibe territory at times.

Nickel and monel are different. Monel is 30% copper.

Honestly, I couldn't hear any difference (with this video, but with others, I can).

Can you still use the freeze function even if the pedal is in bypass mode? Can you also set the tap tempo even if the pedal is in bypass?

What's the name of the Mic your using to talk into? I've seen it around but I have no idea what brand or model.

I used to play my D28 directly into a mic, and never had any feedback problem. That was way back in the 70's, but we played all the rock clubs around the Bay Area (5 piece band) . I guess that was before most clubs liked to have the sound turned up to 11, so that it caused pain & hearing loss, but even then there were clubs where the sound was so loud we had to have some ear protection on stage. Still when I used the acoustic guitar, I played directly into a mic and there was no feedback.

Great video! Listening with headphones, the nickle are definitely brighter and more transparent.

I have both and like the OC 3 much better. That function to only octave the lowest note works much better on oc 3. Even in simple chords the oc 5 jumps to the 5th instead of staying on the root.

Both K&K and Journey Tek highly recommend either Super Glue GEL or Gorilla Glue GEL for the ultimate in tone, volume & sustain. Both companies state that although the 2-sided sticky tape can be used, it won't sound anywhere near as good vs the glue. So a guitarist really needs to question the permanent installment of either one of these pickup systems. I installed the Journey Tek EP001K in all 4 of my fine acoustic guitars using the glue, and I absolutely LOVE the sound with all 4 of my guitars. They sound incredibly authentic & natural through my Boss Acoustic Pro Singer amp.

Just wanted to say thanks for putting this together. For what it’s worth, I gigged for years with the baggs anthem using a feedback buster in my Ibanez. We had a loud drummer, but we got by with little feedback issues. Worst case scenario, I could have adjusted the balance to a tad bit less mic and more under saddle, but I never had to. Cheers!

I call this "super OK". Great value for sure, and it does what it's supposed to do, but leaves you wanting a bit more after a while. If anything, this pedal could really use a range function.

They're OK for practice or rehearsal. I've just done an A/B test against my Line 6 G75 and it made the Lekato sound awful

13 sounds fuller, richer to my ears. It's always a balance between tone and playability

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Top, super cover 👍

Top, super duo🔥

In fairness you had changed the pickup on the Eastman so it had additional advantage .. the Eastman does sound better unplugged, but I don’t think that the large difference in price is worth it .. thanks for the upload 👌🏽

hi. I just purchased this headphone amp. my pedals I plan on running through it are a distortion and chorus pedal. I do have a overdrive pedal but not sure where I should place it. before or after the distortion and chorus. I'm glad I watched this video because I didn't think I needed anything to go along with the amp.

Alex, thank you so much for this! It’s one of the best pickup comparisons I’ve come across. I’ve rewatched it numerous times now, and finally concluded that I agree about the Fishman rare earth mic blend. I ended up picking one up and couldn’t be happier with it! Sounds great on every guitar I’ve put it on. Thanks again and take care!

Interesting! I put on a set of Chromes NYXL to try after using Thomastik...and I hated them so much that I took them off a week later and put on a new set of Thomastik's. 335 Dot through a Henriksen Blu 6 amp ... the difference in playability and tone were apparent to my ears. The Chromes were way to bright for the style of jazz that I like to play.

Really helpful. I’m definitely trying the flat tops for my finger picking. I think if you strum or need sustained notes then round wound do the job, but… I play mainly arpeggios and ostinatos so all that sustain sometimes kinda gets in the way, and the flats had more definition in the mids I thought. Don’t get me wrong, I love my HD28V and don’t laugh , 😉 but I’ve also fallen in love with my son’s half size Harley Benton Travel. £90 🤷🏻‍♂️ it is what it is, but capoed from the 2nd to the 5th or even 7th fret and played finger style it has a sound all its own. Steel string, yes but also hints of Dobro, classical, even Ukulele and harp. Especially when the strings are old. I believe Nick Drake used to play his strings to death before recording because he liked that shortened, more rounded sound. Wondering if there are completely flat wound strings for acoustic and how they would sound. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I certainly wouldn’t miss the squeak. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Great A/B video, thanks. 🙏😎☯️

Alex, would you know whether it is possible to use an E-bow with this magnetic pickup ? Many thanks in advance for your answer !

A few seconds in and I think “Nope.”.

On sale at Miami guitars right now.

I hate, loather and detest all Piezo pickups, and my guitar tech is a great believer in the K&K, so I'm thinking that great minds think alike..!

Beautiful demo, thank you. Not enough content on this guitar.

Howdy from North Carolina I prefer pyramid flatwounds they still make them the same like they did back then even though I wasn't around I'm 21 I play rockabilly and country I swapped the two plain strings for 9s so I can bend easily and the g is wound of course so pretty much my own set is 9/48 it would usually be 11/48 but I don't use the 11s

I've had several guitars with under saddle...they all sound pretty much the same. And I hate the 'quack'. K&K is pretty good. But to me, the best I've ever had is the LR Baggs Anthem. Most natural and dynamic of them all. Yes, I know the anthem is a two piece unit with one being and undersaddle...but you can dial out the quack.

I read most of the comments and I’m extremely surprised. To my ears kk sounds much more elegant and close to the real microphone sound. I’ll definitely go for kk. Beautiful

Your playing is great!😮 I'm 60, but when I grow up I will play better than you!😡 🤣😂😅 Well, for solo guitar the body transducer does sound better, for being fuller in tonal range, especially the bass range comes out more, but in a mix, with a band, then you may be better off with an under saddle transducer, because the bass can add mud to the mix, and the mids and trebles be too low. I do agree that they soften the saddle to bridge contact which should be hard for best energy transfer, and for that Taylor has a "Behind saddle" transducer system with 3 individual trimable (Tension adjust) transducers one for a pair of strings. So you can dial them in which act like pressure adjustable EQ's. It doesn't mess with the saddle to bridge contact either, and it even sounds a little better for it.

considering the price difference the om is pure gold ! lacks the boom but better in details

Am I looking at a superD? Sorry HD28

I honestly thought the two string sets sounded near the same. The larger gage had more bass and that's what I like. I like the boom.

Thanks man, just what I needed.

Great video! What's the best pickup for left-handed guitarists? Can you use all of these on a LH guitar?

I was hoping, that you put on the spider man suit, before the end of the Video 😊

Do you have the tablature for your version of round midnight please?