All Advertisers
| All Advertisers |
| Member Services Directory | Classifieds | Reviews | Jobs | Deal Zone | Merchandise | Marketplace | Facebook App | Books, DVDs & Gadgets | Video Vault | Tips & Techniques |
| |||||||
 New Reply | Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
11th July 2006
| #1 |
| Lives for gear  Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx
Posts: 8,802
Thread Starter | Acoustic guitar pickup for tuning.
I keep a couple of Korg rackmount tuners patched in to my system so I can access a tuner from virtually any point in the chain, but the one place I have problems is with acoustic guitars. It seems that LDC's don't help the tuner track the guitar very well sometimes. I figure maybe it has something to do with all the reflections in the room. So I figure why not get a cheap clip-on pickup for tuning? Any suggestions? |
|  |
|
11th July 2006
| #2 |
| Gear interested  Joined: May 2006 Location: Palo Alto, California
Posts: 14
|
The best one I have found is the Peterson TP-1 at www.petersontuners.com But all of the clip-ons I've tried (including the TP-1) are a little finicky, often on the low E string. I'd suggest you try one out in a store before buying. |
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #3 |
| Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx
Posts: 8,802
Thread Starter |
I guess I should have made this a bit more clear. I like the Korg rackmount tuners, I just want an inexpensive pickup for the acoustic guitar to interface with the tuner. I'm not getting very good tracking into the tuner thru the condenser mics. Is there a $40 acoustic guitar pickup? |
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #4 |
| Lives for gear  Joined: Jan 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 709
| http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...kup?sku=300132 Sound quality shouldn't matter so much if it is just for tuning. Cheers, -MIke |
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #5 |
| Gear nut  Joined: May 2006 Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 145
|
Of course, since this is GEARSLUTZ, you may as well sink a little more into something you may like for more than just tuning. I'll be getting an acoustic pickup soon to do the Daniel Lanois trick of micing the acoustic and also using a pickup to send the guitar to an amp, which is then miced and blended in with the other acoustic mic to get a more interesting sound. Seems like a cool idea to me. OK, back to listening to my Syd playlist. |
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #6 |
| Gear addict  Joined: Feb 2005 Location: NC
Posts: 414
|
If it's for tuning, just get one of the Dean Markley stick-on ones. I've used it with my nylon string guitar for live work and it does fine. The sticky stuff will wear out after a while, though. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...cer?sku=304005 |
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #7 |
| Gear interested Joined: Jun 2006 Location: oakland
Posts: 5
|
of course, there's always the old "headphones clamped to the guitar body" trick. that usually works pretty well. there are also those korg clip-on contact mics for acoustic instrument tuning. i think they're around 12 to 14 bucks.
|
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #8 |
| Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2004 Location: MO USA
Posts: 2,153
|
Radio Shack piezo buzzer, $1.99: http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=search Add cable, plug, Blu-Tack.... Steve |
|
| |
|
11th July 2006
| #9 | |
| Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx
Posts: 8,802
Thread Starter | Quote:
 | |
|
| |
New Reply 
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Acoustic pickup advice! PLEASE! | whitepapagold | Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording | 22 | 27th January 2006 11:28 PM |
| Acoustic pickup (London) | fishman | Remote Possibilities in Acoustic Music & Location Recording | 8 | 13th November 2005 02:41 PM |
| Schertler acoustic pickup? | Andreas G | So much gear, so little time! | 3 | 4th October 2005 09:10 AM |
| Recommendation for Best Acoustic Guitar Pickup for Recording? | relaxo | So much gear, so little time! | 3 | 14th September 2005 04:08 AM |
| |
