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The sticky pickup dilemma

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Anybody use stick on pickups? What do you use whe the tone enhancing acoustically transparent putty they come with is gone?

I've used Blutak. It sticks very well.

But maybe it has muffled my tone? How can I tell? I haven't got any left to compare. I'm getting distressed.

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Re: The sticky pickup dilemma

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Slowy wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:39 am Anybody use stick on pickups? What do you use whe the tone enhancing acoustically transparent putty they come with is gone?

I've used Blutak. It sticks very well.

But maybe it has muffled my tone? How can I tell? I haven't got any left to compare. I'm getting distressed.

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Don't you mean Bluestack?
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Not sure what kind of pickups you are referring to but I have used hide glue and superglue in the past for pickup sensors that are glued near/under the acoustic bridge (inside of guitar obviously). Prefer hide glue though as imo it creates a better 'transfer' bond.
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Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:10 am Not sure what kind of pickups you are referring to but I have used hide glue and superglue in the past for pickup sensors that are glued near/under the acoustic bridge (inside of guitar obviously). Prefer hide glue though as imo it creates a better 'transfer' bond.
This sort of pickup; removable.

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Got you. What brandname/model is that?
Does it go into a specific preamp?
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Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:12 am Got you. What brandname/model is that?
Does it go into a specific preamp?
It's a Schaller Oyster. I usually run it straight into the AER but it works with all my amps.
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I just wonder if the unit would work the same when mounted on the inside?

If so you could make it permanent. I ll check it out as I am interested to see if it would work for my hollow body guitar...
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Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:20 pm I just wonder if the unit would work the same when mounted on the inside?

If so you could make it permanent. I ll check it out as I am interested to see if it would work for my hollow body guitar...
Don't want it permanent. I use it on the Mandolin, Matsuoka, anything else that's lying around and if I put it on the top of my head, it sounds hollow when I tap my op site. :lol:
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Velcro dot?
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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
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jeremyb wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:36 pmVelcro dot?
Vibration transfer would be sheit, right?
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Jay wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:56 pm
jeremyb wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:36 pmVelcro dot?
Vibration transfer would be sheit, right?
Urgh yeah I imagine! :rofl:
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jeremyb wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 12:36 pmVelcro dot?
Nasty thing to put on Nitro.
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C'mon, get a proper pickup fitted that does not fall off mid-gig. Honestly Slowy... :wtf:

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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:


(I used to gig with one of those, but that was in the '80s!)

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