I just bought an Epiphone Acoustic ( pre-owned), and it sounds incredible! However, when I am playing over a mic, next to a Martin, the Epiphone isn't as loud and if we increase the volume of the instrument mic, we get some feedback through the system. I am alittle hesitant on installing a pickup system in this guitar simply because the last time I had this done, it killed the sound of the guitar if you played it over a mic.
I know there are some pick ups that simply clip in to the side of the sound hole, however I don't want anything that would damage the guitar ( scratch).
I have an Ibanez Acoustic Electric, and it sounds like a plastic guitar when its plugged in. I would have purchased a Martin D28, but instead, I purchased a Gibson Les Paul and, those are pretty expensive. I am looking for a good acoustic set up.

Any suggestions?

Heather

My nephew plays guitar. I will be glad to ask him for information. I don't really know what a pick up is but I am sure he will explain it to me.


Cherry

Have you completely ruled out strumming/picking styles from this problem? Is it you playing on both the Epiphone and Martin and getting these results?

LyndaleExile wrote:Have you completely ruled out strumming/picking styles from this problem? Is it you playing on both the Epiphone and Martin and getting these results?

Oh no, the Martin sounds incredible. The epiphone sounds great as well. Very crisp, but I like to play acoustics over a mic and in the case with the epiphone, we have to increase the volume on the instrument mic to pick up the sound. Doing that gives us a ton of feed back. We tried switching mics but it doesn't help. I am just a little worried that if I install a permanent pick up in it and just amp the thing, it may kill the sounds because I had that happen before. I am looking for a good pick up that won't require a lot of cutting and reworking. I put a bone in the Epiphone and did some minor adjustments. It has a great sound to it though. Nice ring, just not as booming as I would like when using a mic.


Heather

Look here:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/acoustic/woody.php

I bought the first one for the Baton Rouge of a friend... Easy and riskless to adopt and sounds very good

caged rat wrote:Look here:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/acoustic/woody.php

I bought the first one for the Baton Rouge of a friend... Easy and riskless to adopt and sounds very good

Thanks for that, I'd heard about the Seymour Duncan, just wanted to get more information on that. I will check that out.

Those Martins sound so nice, hard for the Epi to match.