I probably should have mentioned that Teddy said something about having the pickups be LESS hot than they were originally... I don't know how he accomplished this, but that's what prompted the question about "needing" a preamp... I know that a good preamp can do a lot of shaping to tone, and I'm not questioning that, at all...
I can use my K&K-equipped Goodall without one, either into the AER or my Bose T1, but I don't know that I would, as I have had the same experience that Doug Young mentioned; I haven't found a really good sound with that pickup without using a separate preamp unit.
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"Home is where I hang my hat,
but home is so much more than that.
Home is where the ones
and the things I hold dear
are near...
And I always find my way back home."
"Home" (working title) J.S, Sherman
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