Do Acoustic GUITAR Pickups Sound THAT Different?

I thought it would be a good idea to showcase 3 different types of acoustic guitar pickup, in 3 price ranges from a sound hole pickup, under strings bridge pickup and a full preamp, all different levels of install difficulty as well.
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KNA SG-2 Pickup: amzn.to/3g5J1dH
KNA HP-1 Humbucker Pickup: amzn.to/2XjSGXh
LR Baggs Element preamp: amzn.to/3jUhMDX
The KNA SG-2 is an under the strings pickup using a passive piezo system and is simple to install by loosening the strings, the KNA HP-1 pickup is a humbucker pickup for your acoustic guitar using neodymium magnets and installs using just a screwdriver and the LR Baggs element active system is a full under the saddle active piezo system with preamp and requires full install, not too difficult though.
0:00 Intro
0:20 The pickups
0:53 Installing the pickups
1:19 Sound demo all 3 pickups back to back
2:05 Prices
2:35 Fingerpicking back to back
3:05 About the pickups
4:34 Pickups back to back with reverb and compression
Thanks for watching! - Derek
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[@Thallishman]

I like the KNA HP-1 , nice and round. not britle or harsh treble in the sound

[@williamjones7260]

LR Baggs really sounds good 👍

[@cugir321]

KNA SG-2 needs a saddle that's about 2.5 mm high (A little higher then 1/16") otherwise the strings can get screwed up intonation. It sounds great but will screw up your guitar if it raises the strings higher then the saddle.

[@CMDPromptify]

Braggs seems the best all-around, but the KNA really catches the impact of the strings. Kind of an aggressive effect. Great demo!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Thank you for the comment and kind words!

[@steby123]

Very well done and quite useful, thanks !!!!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Thanks for watching!!

[@BRLaue]

Thanks for the in depth review. It’s a great service to discuss the installation process as that is often overlooked to possible dismay. The Baggs sounds great, really opens up that guitar. What was the first tune you were playing there? Cheers!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Thanks Brad! The first tune was just a series of embellished chords, nothing in particular :)

[@davidsillars3181]

The Baggs seems a clear winner on tone.

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Cheers for the input David!

[@lundsweden]

Short answer: yeah! Long answer: hell yeah!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Good answers both! 👍

[@nixternal]

L.R. Baggs is definitely the winner, however those 3 were actually better than I had thought. You want that LR to shine, get one of their stomp boxes with IR, oof!

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

That’s a good tip! Yeah the SG-2 is a pretty great pickup too, cheers Rich

[@TheStarAndTheDespot]

Would be interesting to combine them.

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

Yes it really would! i wonder what that would sound like? i did think of it but only have 2 inputs on my audio interface, cheers!

[@zaccllewellyn8950]

@@DerekPaulGuitar my freshman renegade has a piezo in the bridge and a p90 in the bridge postition paired with a Seymour Duncan single coil angled in between the p90 and the middle position so it is basically a humbucker and a half of single coil in bridge angling to the middle, I have her wired to go through 1 head into two cabs

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

@@zaccllewellyn8950 man I bet that sounds so full and rich!

[@PTi5407]

It seems the one on sound hole has some noises. Right? kind of like feedback or statics noise

[@DerekPaulGuitar]

I don’t hear it but it has a different sound for sure as they all do, cheers

[@gilbertluangcogilberluangc6892]

LR BAGGS