SD Woody XL Review - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 22 дек 2012
- Otway Ross review of the Seymour Duncan Woody XL acoustic guitar pick-up using a Maton CW-80 spruce / maple dreadnought.
Intro song: Slowed Down By Memories (an Otway Ross original)
Looped backing track using SD Woody XL, harmony parts acoustic sound only.
Recording system:
Boomerang III Phase Sampler
Radial J48 Active DI Box
Soundcraft EPM6 desk
dB Technologies Opera 208D loudspeaker
Rode NT55 microphone
Motu 8pre FW interface
Logic Pro 9
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Nice playing dude!
the cable coming out of the sound hole doesn't hit the E string at all ? just doesn't look to proper IDK
Hey man, if I want to replace my under saddle pic up with this SA3SC, would I be able connect it with my existing preamp? I have a Takamine GN30C. the reason I am doing this is to adjust the string height with a new saddle and want to use this or any soundhole pick up with the existing pre amp.
Hi ! i.am wonderring the same thing.... so did you ever get the answer? :)
how much it cost in the physical store? im from brazil and i only know the prices from the website, some one tell ne please.
hey which one is better seymour duncan woody humbucker
seymour duncan acoustic tube sa 1
fishman neo d single coil
dean markley promag grand
nice does the cable get in your way?
Hello, is it uncomfortable at all to strum with the cable coming out of the soundhole? I'm thinking on buying the pickup but not shure how comfortable it is going to be on stage.
+Jorge Bucio good question - to be honest i haven't gigged much with this one (normally my gigging guitars have a SD mag mic SA-6) but for the playing I've done the cable doesn't seem to get in the way for strumming - though you'd want to loop it through your guitar strap to make sure it stays out of the way - the cable seems to hang straight down. For fingerstyle work, there's the possibility you'll find the cable in the way if you support your hand with your little finger etc see ruclips.net/video/jNhRgSITszg/видео.htmlm6s - you may want to try one in a shop first !
drill a hole. screw in the jack, plug in , play
Was there a mic in the room? The loop playback sounded more electric.
+John Malcolm yes the only recording element in this video is a Rode NT55 microphone placed about 1m in front of the guitar + loudspeaker - which is either recording the guitar acoustically, or the loop (from the pickup) being played through the loudspeaker - no direct input from the guitar is recorded in this video. The idea is to compare the 'pure' acoustic sound of the guitar, with the amplified (ie loudspeaker) sound of the pickup on the loops. Yes the 100% pickup + loudspeaker sections will sound more 'electric' - the aim of most acoustic guitar pickups is for them to sound less 'electric' and more acoustic - it's up to you to decide if they succeeded with this one :-)
Thanks - that does of course make it hard to judge the pickup itself, and therefore the sound one would get in a live stage band situation.
+John Malcolm yeah it's pretty hard to estimate the sound you'd get on stage with a band - what I've tried to do here is compare the sound you'd hear from an acoustic guitar - to the amplified sound you'd hear with that same acoustic guitar using the pick-up. That's about as close as you can get to a 'live' situation - obviously your guitar, loudspeaker, room and playing style (and additional instruments?) will be different in some (many?) ways - but by comparing two scenarios (keeping as much constant as possible) you may get a feel for what the pick-up changes in the sound (eg less high end ? more high end ? mids ? bass ?) If you want to hear the direct output (which won't help with a live sound, but you could try playing it through your own speakers) check out video 3 where I compare acoustic, loudspeaker and direct output sounds one after the other (not in parallel like in this video) ruclips.net/video/17NQmdvu6wE/видео.html
How did you record the guitar? Is eq all flat?
Pavlo Bilous thanks for the question - yes all EQ was flat in both the recording chain and in Logic Pro.
SOunds like we're hearing alot of the room mic here which is an unfair eval.
Hi Chuck thanks for the comment. This video was made to help you do exactly that: compare the output from a room mic (ie close to what your ears would hear) with the output directly from the Woody XL output. Whether this is unfair is up to you :-)
Check out video #3 where I put the Woody XL output to a (high quality) loudspeaker which is then captured by the same room mic - again for comparison purposes.
ruclips.net/video/17NQmdvu6wE/видео.html
that is a beautiful sounding guitar until you hear it with the pick up. you lost about 90% of that Martin Magic I reckon. Great composition too.
You mean Maton magic?
HaHa yeah. Where the Martin?