Magnetic Soundhole Pickup Comparison | SD Mag Mic | SUNRISE | K&K Double Helix | Acoustic Pickups
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- A sound comparison between the Seymour Duncan Mag Mic, Sunrise and K&K Double Helix magnetic soundhole acoustic guitar pickups.
If you are considering buying one of these great pickups, I hope this video makes your decision easier!
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0:00 Intro
1:50 Raw Audio
3:11 Test 1
5:41 Test 2
8:09 Test 3
9:16 Test 4
11:03 Test 5
14:10 Overdrive Test
16:53 Conclusion
20:39 Test 1 No EQ
23:10 Test 2 No EQ
25:38 Test 3 No EQ
26:45 Test 4 No EQ
28:32 Test 5 No EQ
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Had a blast making this video! If you are considering buying one of these great pickups, I hope this video makes your decision easier
I own the SD pickup but watched the vid to see the new KK. I was surprised to have liked the pickup I already own better than the others - SCORE.
Great vid!
As someone who used to do acoustic guitar amplification workshops, I especially appreciated your remarks about how much the player hears the acoustic sound, and that this can lead one astray in evaluating a pickup or setting up a stage mix-what the player hears isn't what the audience hears. For me, even with significant experience, I was only able to dial in a good audience sound by using a looper to record my signal and then play it back without me actually playing and having my impression influenced by the acoustic sound (and not just the acoustic *sound*, but also the feel of the guitar vibrating against me). If you have a good sound person, it's probably best to just trust them to get the FOH sound right. Alas, on acoustic circuits, we don't always have experience people handling sound. If you have to dial in a live acoustic guitar sound yourself, a looper is your friend! -Tom
Great great video, thank you. I’m a nerd about this stuff, and this is satisfying to see. I have Mag Mics in two stage guitars currently, and it’s the dusting of the mic I can add on that one that makes all the difference for me. Great work thnx.
man they all sound great. I came for the sunrise, but I think the Duncan may have a slight edge. K & K was nice in gloss mode, didn't sound as good in the steam mode to my ears. Felt like maybe the sunrise was the most accurate, but the duncan had just a touch more bass which I liked. Probably come down to price and availability for me. The sunrise is sometimes hard to get in the states. I know Billy Strings uses the double helix, but I think he also has a transducer in his rig. He has a great live sound. Thanks
That’s what I call a review. Very detailed , objective. Long enough to hear all the subtle differences between that 3 pickups . Beautiful guitar playing. Thanks a lot Waylon you’re the man 👏 🙏
Glad you liked it!
@@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar how not to like that? Amazing review video thanks again. What’s your personal favorite btw ? 😊
Impressive video. I loved that you covered different styles of playing and you played the same thing on each pickup. Sunrise, no question. I purchased and installed three!
Thank you so much for making this video. I really demonstrates the pickups when. Being able to hear the differences with different playings styles(tests) really helps. Its great that you included processed and unprocessed sounds! Curious, are there any soundhole pickups you would recomand for jazz?(even outside the ones in this video)
Thanks, I'm stoked it helped! There is nothing I can think of specifically for jazz. But I think any of these pickups could work well for jazz with some tasty eq tweaking, cheers!
Great video thanks a lot
Sunrise best
I have been looking for a video that showcased EXACTLY what you did! Excellent work! Hugely underrated view count, in my opinion. I’m about to purchase the Mag Mic for my acoustic, mainly for its versatility with the mic and full sound.
I expected the “Steam” mode of the Helix to perform better with overdrive, probably due to its low pass filter. But it didn’t necessarily sound much better than the rest of the pickups, which have more treble!
I would LOVE to know your opinion on which pickup makes an acoustic sound more like an electric (mostly for solo purposes, quite likely with distortion and other effects) in a live setting. I’m going to look for such a video in your channel right now, but if you haven’t made one, I think it’s a brilliant idea for content, as I haven’t found ANYTHING on RUclips that fully covers the subject. I mean there are a few videos on distortion for acoustic guitar, but nothing really deals with magnetic sound hole pickups, which are probably the way to go when looking into this.
Anyways, sorry for the long and excited comment, I’m an instant fan, I’d love to know your thoughts!
Aris
Thanks so much Aris, definitely will have to put together a video on using drives on Acoustic, it's a central part of my live sound. The Magmic does work very well for this, I've used it for years. I am keen to try out the Double Helix in my rig, super impressed with that pickup!!
@@WaylonMcPhersonGuitar I can’t wait!
I thought the Seymour and the K&K were going to walk away with the win but, the more percussive that the demos got, the Sunrise started to excel to my ears! Thank you!
no problem, cheers!
Thanks for doing the comparison. I could see no wire with the SD Mag Mic. Did you plug that directly into the preamp on your Cole Clark or something?
No problem, I removed the Cole Clark pickup system and built my own, the MagMic is part of that system and has been permanently installed, cheers!
Sunrise is passive pickup. You need a luxury preamp to push it
A ZVEX SHO works perfectly with the Sunrise
Sunrise pickup
Yeah, I love the Sunrise!
it's all about him and his playing and not the pickups
thanks :)