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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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olegmcnoleg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:09 pm C'mon, get a proper pickup fitted that does not fall off mid-gig. Honestly Slowy... :wtf:
Steady on Oleg, this is a lounge rig. If it falls off, anyone within earshot would just assume I'd nodded off.
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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Slowy wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:19 pm
olegmcnoleg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:09 pm C'mon, get a proper pickup fitted that does not fall off mid-gig. Honestly Slowy... :wtf:
Steady on Oleg, this is a lounge rig. If it falls off, anyone within earshot would just assume I'd nodded off.
Oh, fair enuf. I was imagining you playing Losing My Religion with one of your bands. Which would be awesome.

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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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olegmcnoleg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 5:44 pm
Slowy wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:19 pm
olegmcnoleg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:09 pm C'mon, get a proper pickup fitted that does not fall off mid-gig. Honestly Slowy... :wtf:
Steady on Oleg, this is a lounge rig. If it falls off, anyone within earshot would just assume I'd nodded off.
Oh, fair enuf. I was imagining you playing Losing My Religion with one of your bands. Which would be awesome.
Or maybe Maggie May, Battle of Evermore..... repertoire exhausted.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Bg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:04 pm
olegmcnoleg wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 5:44 pm
Slowy wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:19 pm

Steady on Oleg, this is a lounge rig. If it falls off, anyone within earshot would just assume I'd nodded off.
Oh, fair enuf. I was imagining you playing Losing My Religion with one of your bands. Which would be awesome.
Or maybe Maggie May, Battle of Evermore..... repertoire exhausted.
Add Copperhead Road and you've nailed it.
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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Interesting. Would like to try one, but I don't think I'll be trying the manufacturer's recommended method on my Taylor which doesn't have a poly finish.

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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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JHorner wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 7:22 pm Interesting. Would like to try one, but I don't think I'll be trying the manufacturer's recommended method on my Taylor which doesn't have a poly finish.

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Me neither.
The Blutac seems to work fine; just a tiny blob well spread out.
Don't know if it harms the finish though.
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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:37 pm Read up on it. Looks like a great lityle unit but my concern would be that it is not loud enough when compared to a traditional acoustic pickup output signal like the ones with the preamp mounted on the side of the guitar
Well we'll just have to put it up to the test then.

I'm confident :D
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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Slowy wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:31 pm
Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:37 pm Read up on it. Looks like a great lityle unit but my concern would be that it is not loud enough when compared to a traditional acoustic pickup output signal like the ones with the preamp mounted on the side of the guitar
Well we'll just have to put it up to the test then.

I'm confident :D
Reading up on this again...

We seem to have forgotten about this test :wink:


Edit - old age related?
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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Jay wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 8:44 pm
Slowy wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:31 pm
Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:37 pm Read up on it. Looks like a great lityle unit but my concern would be that it is not loud enough when compared to a traditional acoustic pickup output signal like the ones with the preamp mounted on the side of the guitar
Well we'll just have to put it up to the test then.

I'm confident :D
Reading up on this again...

We seem to have forgotten about this test :wink:


Edit - old age related?
Nope.
'Too many guitars, too little time' related.
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.

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